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MeSH Heading: Dental Porcelain
Tree Number(s): D25.339.376; J01.637.051.339.376; J01.637.153.377
Unique ID: D003776
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003776
Scope Note: A type of porcelain used in dental restorations, either jacket crowns or inlays, artificial teeth, or metal-ceramic crowns. It is essentially a mixture of particles of feldspar and quartz, the feldspar melting first and providing a glass matrix for the quartz. Dental porcelain is produced by mixing ceramic powder (a mixture of quartz, kaolin, pigments, opacifiers, a suitable flux, and other substances) with distilled water. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Entry Version: DENT PORCELAIN
Entry Term(s): Porcelain; Porcelain, Dental
Registry Numbers: 12001-21-7
CAS Type 1 Name: Dental materials and fillings, porcelain
NLM Classification #: WU 194
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

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Concept UI: M0005915
Registry Numbers: 12001-21-7
Scope Note: A type of porcelain used in dental restorations, either jacket crowns or inlays, artificial teeth, or metal-ceramic crowns. It is essentially a mixture of particles of feldspar and quartz, the feldspar melting first and providing a glass matrix for the quartz. Dental porcelain is produced by mixing ceramic powder (a mixture of quartz, kaolin, pigments, opacifiers, a suitable flux, and other substances) with distilled water. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Terms: Dental Porcelain Preferred Term
Term UI T011194
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Porcelain, Dental
Term UI T011193
Date01/25/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Porcelain
Term UI T011195
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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