dental hygienists

Preferred Label : dental hygienists;

MeSH definition : Persons trained in an accredited school or dental college and licensed by the state in which they reside to provide dental prophylaxis under the direction of a licensed dentist.;

MeSH synonym : hygienist, dental; dental hygienist; hygienists, dental;

MeSH annotation : trained in accredited schools & licensed to practice DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS (see note there) under a licensed dentist; DF: DENT HYGIENISTS; trained in accredited schools and licensed to practice DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS (see note there) under a licensed dentist;

Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental hygienist;

Details

Origin ID

D003756;

UMLS CUI

C0011369;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- dental hygienists [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- hygiene [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Professional or Occupational Group [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Dental Hygienist [NCIt concept]
- Dental hygienist (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Hygienist [LOINC method]
- dental hygienist [SNOMED Notion]

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