Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Orthodontics

A dental specialty concerned with the prevention and correction of dental and oral anomalies (malocclusion).

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A dental specialty concerned with the prevention and correction of dental and oral anomalies (malocclusion).

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty; orthopédie dento-faciale in French is indexed here

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  1. E06w.658w
  2. H02w.163w.876w.439w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Orthodontics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009970. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009970
  2. Orthodontics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodontics
  3. Orthodontics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118301