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LINGUAL SHEATH [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
OBS

Certain authors consider "sheath" and "tube" to be synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie
DEF

Attache orthodontique ayant la forme d'un tube, habituellement soudée sur la surface linguale [...] des bagues molaires en vue de l'insertion d'arcs palatins fixes ou amovibles (par exemple, arc transpalatin, quad-hélix) ou des arcs mandibulaires linguaux.

Spanish

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