Dental Assistant

Preferred Label : Dental Assistant;

NCIt synonyms : Assistant;

NCIt definition : A person trained and qualified to provide chairside assistance to a dentist, along with performance of other supportive duties such as to receive and prepare patients for dental treatment; to prepare materials and equipment for use by the dentist; to perform reversible intra-oral procedures under the supervision of the dentist; to perform dental radiography work; to maintain dental equipment and treatment area and to keep records of appointments, examinations, treatments and supplies.;

Details

Origin ID

C53428;

UMLS CUI

C0011327;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Assistance [DeCS]
- Assisted (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Assisting [ICNP action]
- Assisting (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Assists (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Dental assistants [HPMULTI term]
- Dental auxiliary (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- School dental assistant (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- physician assistants [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Professional or Occupational Group [UMLS semantic type]
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- FDA Individual Case Safety Report Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Occupation ICSR Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Operator of Medical Device ICSR Terminology [NCIt concept]

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