Rubber Dams
| Medical Definition: |
Sheets of latex rubber punched and placed over the teeth during dental procedures to isolate the field of operation from the rest of the oral cavity (Jablonski; Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982). Rubber dams are useful in preventing the swallowing of instruments or restorations during dental work. |
| Guide Notes: |
to isolate operative field during dent proced; do not use /util except by MeSH definition |
| Previously Indexed: |
Dental Materials (1966-1977),Dentistry, Operative/instrumentation (1977-1991) |
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