Health Care

Oral Health

The optimal state of the mouth and normal functioning of the organs of the mouth without evidence of disease.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The optimal state of the mouth and normal functioning of the organs of the mouth without evidence of disease.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Health, Oral

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

differentiate from ORAL HYGIENE; oral health is the state of health of the mouth

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History Note

65; DENTAL HYGIENE was heading 1963-64

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  1. N01.400w.535

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Oral Health. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009909. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009909
  2. Oral Health. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70359543