Chemicals and Drugs

Dental Waste

Any waste product generated by a dental office, surgery, clinic, or laboratory including amalgams, saliva, and rinse water.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Any waste product generated by a dental office, surgery, clinic, or laboratory including amalgams, saliva, and rinse water.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Waste, Dental
  • Dental Wastes
  • Wastes, Dental

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, analysis, classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

includes saliva, rinse, amalgams, etc.; disposal of dent waste: coord IM with MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL (IM)

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History Note

94

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Previous Indexing

  • Waste Products (1976-1993)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. D20.944.460w.150
  2. N06.850w.460.710.460w.150

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NLM Classification

WA 790

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dental Waste. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018057. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018057
  2. Dental Waste. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70439886