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MEPS HC-126B CODEBOOK
2009 DENTAL VISITS
DATE: May 27, 2011

Variable Name: DENTOTHX
Description: EDITED DENTOTHR
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 140
End: 164

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT09F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
28,162
289,727,219
-8 DK
1
18,677
8
1
5,750
ABSES
1
15,599
ADJUST BITE GUARD
1
19,514
ADJUSTED BITE
1
14,334
ADJUSTMENT
1
24,423
ADJUSTMENT NIGHTGEAR
1
20,298
ADJUSTMENT OF MOUTH GUARD
1
19,176
ADVICE ON A LOOSE TOOTH
1
2,894
ALL IN ONE BILL
2
7,139
ANESTHESIA
2
31,911
ANTIBIOTIC RINSE
1
6,538
APPLIANCE FITTING
1
5,156
APPLICATION OF ANTIBIOTIC
1
11,221
ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW
1
11,107
AUDIOLOGIST NOT DNTST
1
0
BIOPSY
2
16,139
BITE ADJUSTMENT
1
5,115
BITE GUARD
2
27,368
BITE PLATE
1
37,743
BITE SPLINT
1
8,730
BONDED A CRACKED TOOTH
1
9,389
BONDING OF TOOTH
1
31,427
BONDING TOOTH PASTE
1
12,437
BONE GRAFT
5
71,395
BONE REPLACEMENT
1
12,669
BOUGHT WATER PIK
1
19,315
BRACES REMPOVED
1
7,024
BROKEN TEETH
1
9,169
BROKEN TOOTH
5
61,171
BROKEN TOOTH EXAM
1
11,395
BROKEN TOOTH GLUED TOGETH
1
12,609
BROKEN TOOTH REPAIRED
1
0
BROKEN TOOTH TREATMENT
1
3,313
BRUSH BIOPSY TONGUE
1
8,383
BUSTED STITCHES
2
10,745
CALCIUM DEFICENCY TEETH
1
6,879
CALL IN RX REFILL
1
10,626
CALLED FOR APPOINTMENT
1
4,426
CANCER SCREENING
1
51,120
CANCER SCREENING/ULTRAVIO
1
10,431
CASTING
1
7,011
CASTS
2
51,658
CHARTING
1
20,524
CHECK MOUTH GUARD
1
9,835
CHECK TO SEE IF READY
1
7,986
CHIP TOOTH REPAIR
1
14,928
COMPOSITE OVERLAY
1
10,982
CONSULT
1
26,823
CONSULTATION
9
115,506
CONSULTATION ON TELEPHONE
1
3,608
CONSULTATION WISDOM TEETH
1
7,204
CORE BUILD UP
1
20,464
CORE BUILDUP
2
20,587
COSMETIC
4
41,852
COSMETIC WORK
1
10,463
COUNCELATION
1
30,335
CRACKED TOOTH GLUE REPAIR
1
19,471
CRACKED TOOTH RL MOLAR
1
19,403
CREATED A TREATMENT PLAN
1
20,473
CROSS BITE
5
106,107
CT OF HEAD
1
21,408
DENTAL ALL IN ONE BILL
1
3,569
DENTAL CARE
1
3,569
DENTAL CARE ALL IN ONE BI
1
3,569
DENTAL STUDY
14
39,486
DENTAL STUDY INVOLVEMENT
1
2,820
DERMATOLOGIST NOT DNTL
1
0
DIAGNOSIS
1
8,881
DISCUSSED PLAN
1
5,682
EKG
1
12,915
EMERGENCY
1
3,058
EMERGENCY TREATMENT
1
3,526
ENAMEL CRACKED
1
18,146
ENTERED IN ERROR
1
12,739
EQUILIBRATION
1
22,740
EXPOSE AND BOND
1
16,207
EXTRACTION AND REBUILT T
1
8,151
FILED DOWN CHIPPED TOOTH
1
0
FILED DOWN FRONT TOOTH
1
13,716
FILED TOOTH THAT CHIP
1
819
FILED TWO BACK TEETH DOWN
1
18,396
FILING DOWN TEETH
1
17,122
FILL UP CHIP TEETH
1
5,231
FILLED HOLE IN DEAD TOOTH
1
11,146
FIT MOUTHGUARD
1
13,727
FIT THE SPLINT-JAW MOLD
1
11,455
FITTED FOR A NIGHTGUARD
1
12,802
FITTED FOR MOUTH GUARD
1
10,497
FITTED FOR TMJ MOUTHPIECE
1
17,943
FITTING CHECK
1
9,562
FITTING FOR MOUTH GUARD
1
11,444
FITTING FOR NIGHTGUARD
2
47,306
FITTING FOR TOOTH GUARD
1
8,556
FITTINGS
3
36,174
FIXED ANOTHER BROKEN TOOT
1
6,943
FIXED BROKEN
1
18,859
FIXED BROKEN TOOTH
1
12,473
FIXED CHIPPED TOOTH
1
16,273
FIXED RESURFACING
1
20,478
FIXING CHIP TEETHS
1
5,231
FOLLOW
1
10,225
FOLLOW TREATMENT
1
4,526
FOLLOW UP
12
160,165
FOLLOW UP AFTER SURGERY
1
12,477
FOLLOW UP CARE
1
14,812
FOLLOW UP FOR SURGERY
2
7,301
FOLLOW UP ON IMPLANT
1
13,546
FOLLOW UP ON MOUTH GUARD
1
11,444
FOLLOW UP STITCHES REMOVE
1
3,238
FOLLOW UP TO PAST VISITS
1
21,896
FOLLOW UP TREATMENT
1
11,491
FOLLOW UP VISIT
3
28,467
FOLLOW UPREMOVAL ROOT
1
5,775
FOLLOW VISIT
1
11,193
FOLLOW-UP
4
17,149
FOLLOW-UP EXAM
1
5,998
FOLLOWUP
6
71,357
GET MOUTHGUARDS
1
19,196
GLUED TOOTH TOGETHER
1
12,609
GLUEING BACK CROWN
1
12,159
GLUEING OF VENEER
1
15,987
GOT MOUTH IMPRESSION
1
13,772
GOT POPCORN KERNAL IN GUM
1
14,268
GRINDED CHIP TOOTH
1
17,986
GRINDING DOWN TEETH
1
4,616
GRINDING TEETH IN SLEEP
1
19,403
GROUN
1
15,871
GROUND AND POLISH TOOTH
1
15,987
GROUND DOWN BROKEN TOOTH
1
12,397
GROUND DOWN CHIP TOOTH
1
14,877
GROUND FILLING TO LEVEL T
1
10,025
GROUND OFF TOOTH
1
9,983
GROUNDED BROKEN TEETH
1
23,024
GROUNDED OFF TOOTH
1
14,418
GUARD FOR TEETH GRINDING
1
24,562
HAD A BROKEN TOOTH FIX
1
5,423
HAD ALL DENTAL CARE
1
3,569
HAD INFECTION
1
2,881
HIGH BACTERIA IN SALIVA
1
8,456
IMPRESIONS LEFT CAP
1
14,096
IMPRESSION
5
73,080
IMPRESSION FOR APPLIANCE
1
5,156
IMPRESSION FOR NEW TOOTH
1
22,036
IMPRESSION FOR REPLACEMEN
1
14,334
IMPRESSION FOR TMJ GAURD
1
5,766
IMPRESSION OF TOOTH
1
18,760
IMPRESSIONS
15
190,794
IMPRESSIONS FOR TRAY
1
10,347
IMPRESSIONS MADE
1
0
INFECTION
5
38,070
INTERI
1
15,067
INTRO TO DENTIST VIDEO
1
8,024
INVOLVEMENT IN A STUDY
1
2,820
IV ANTIBIOTIC
1
19,309
JAW ENLARGED
1
1,581
JAW ENLARGMENT
1
1,581
JAW MOLD
1
11,455
JAWS HURT
1
4,456
LASER TREATMENT
1
16,673
LAZER GUM BACTERIA TRTMNT
1
13,854
LAZOR GUM BACTERIA TRTMNT
1
27,498
MADE IMPRESSIONS
1
6,112
MADE MOLD OF TEETH
1
9,251
MADE PAYMENT ONLY
1
16,150
MANDIBLE
1
4,387
MANDIBLE FRACTURE REPAIR
1
4,387
MATCHING TEETH -COSMETIC
1
17,054
MOLD FOR GAP IN TOOTH
1
4,523
MOLDING
1
5,737
MOLDS
1
20,267
MOLDS AND PREPPING TOOTH
1
9,966
MOUTH GUARD
6
86,296
MOUTH GUARD FITTING
1
9,891
MOUTH GUARD FOR GRINDING
1
12,099
MOUTH GUARD REPLACEMENT
1
10,497
MOUTH/TEETH MOLD
1
45,061
MOUTHPIECE
2
21,762
NEEDED EXTRACT BUT NOTHIN
1
7,157
NEW BITE GUARD
1
7,870
NIGHT GUARD
3
70,574
NITROUS OXIDE
1
9,862
NO
1
16,904
NOT DENTAL EYE
1
17,990
NOTHING
1
13,751
NTI APPLIANCE/GUARD
1
10,054
OCCLUSAL GUARD
3
36,758
OCCLUSAL NIGHT GAURD
1
7,071
ORAL CANCER CHECK
1
13,108
ORAL CANCER EXAM
1
0
ORAL CANCER SCREENING
1
10,962
ORAL HYGEINE INSTRUCTION
1
0
ORAL MUCOUSA
1
27,746
PAIN SHOTS
1
4,488
PARTIAL PLATE
2
36,573
PASTE TEETH
1
3,096
PATCHED A BROKEN TOOTH
1
11,469
PHONE CALL
3
24,458
PHONE CALL FOR APPT.
1
4,979
PHONE CALL FOR MED
1
2,628
PICK UP PRESCRIPTION
1
2,393
PICKED UP MOUTH GUARD
1
10,497
PLASTIC LINER
1
26,707
PLATE ALIGNMENT
1
5,836
PLATE FOR CLEFT PALLET
1
11,591
PLATE FOR SLEEP APNEA
1
7,931
PLATES
1
6,256
POLISH CHIPPED TOOTH
1
12,175
POPCORN CAUGHT IN TEETH
1
6,941
POST FOR CROWN
1
4,036
POST OF VISIT
1
3,961
POST-OP
1
3,601
POST-OP VISIT
1
8,538
PRE-OP VISIT
1
17,119
PROBLEMS WITH TEETH
2
6,192
PROSTHODONTAL PROCEDURE
1
9,167
REBUID TEETH
1
8,151
REBUILD TEETH
1
8,151
REBUILT A BROKEN TOOTH
1
11,077
REBUILT TOOTH THAT CRACKE
1
18,792
RECHECK
1
22,036
RECORD
1
16,862
RECUNSTRUCTING BROKEN TOO
1
13,820
REFER PATNT TO DD-SURGEON
1
12,537
REFERAL TO ORAL SURGEON
1
4,144
REFERRED TO PREVIOUS DENT
1
4,059
REFILING OF TOOTH
1
4,474
RELINE MAXIL-CHAIRSIDE
1
21,980
REMOVAL OF STITCHES
1
4,991
REMOVAL OF SUITURES
1
18,703
REMOVE BROKEN ROOT
1
2,899
REMOVE LOWER BAR
1
18,981
REMOVE METAL FROM GUM
4
56,141
REMOVE OF STRICING
1
3,672
REMOVE STITCHES
1
19,470
REMOVE SUTURES
1
4,569
REMOVED METAL BAR
1
18,981
REMOVED STITCHES
2
22,894
REMOVING STICHES
1
7,989
REPAIR BONDING
1
11,181
REPAIR BROKEN TOOTH FRONT
1
3,378
REPAIR MOUTH SPLINT
1
6,485
REPAIR OF BROKEN TOOTH
1
6,943
REPAIR OF CAP
1
23,540
REPAIR OF CHIPPED TOOTH
1
5,431
REPAIRED A CHIPPED TOOTH
1
10,552
REPAIRED TOOTH
1
21,096
REPLACED MOUTH GUARD
1
12,099
REPLACEMENT TOOTH
1
2,537
REPLACING TOOTH
1
14,628
RESCHEDULE
1
21,537
RESURFACED 5 TEETH
1
20,478
RESURFACING
6
151,462
ROOT REPAIR
1
13,102
RPA INTO MOUTH
1
16,474
SCREANING FOR ORAL CANCER
1
23,188
SEATING OF THE NIGHTGUARD
1
12,802
SENSITIVE TOOTH
1
26,182
SET APPT
1
2,774
SHAVED DOWN TOOTH
1
3,499
SMOOTHED A CHIPPED TOOTH
1
7,477
SOFT SPOT ON TOOTH
1
11,418
SPLINT
1
14,560
STERILIZATION
1
13,404
STICH REMOVAL
1
2,337
STICHES REMOVED
2
25,399
STITCHES REMOVED
3
36,014
STRONGER ANTIBIOTIC
1
13,405
STUDY PARTICIPATION
4
11,282
SURGERY FOLLOW UP
1
14,334
SURGICAL ALLIGNMENT
1
21,524
SURGICAL HOOKS
1
17,119
SUTURES REMOVED
1
16,491
TEETH DECAYING
1
3,096
TEETH FILED DOWN/SHAPED
1
8,636
TEETH GRINDING
1
19,322
TEETH IMPRESSION
1
0
TEMP CROWNS
1
8,317
TEMPORARY REPAIR OF TOOTH
1
22,802
TEMPORARY TOOTH
1
1,825
TIGHTENING
1
7,236
TISSUE REMOVAL
1
4,461
TMJ
1
20,437
TO HAVE A BRIDGE
1
7,154
TOGUE BIOPSY
1
22,363
TOOK IMPRESSIONIGHT GAURD
1
11,052
TOOK OUT A BRIDGE
1
13,167
TOOK PICTURES (NOT XRAYS)
1
5,284
TOOK STITCHES OUT
1
3,439
TOOTH BROKEN
1
4,681
TOOTH FELL OUT
1
14,628
TOOTH GRINDING
1
15,095
TOOTH PAIN
2
10,467
TOOTH RESTORATION
1
13,338
TX FOR TMJ
1
25,874
ULTRA SOUND
1
2,899
UNCOOPERATIVE
1
6,228
WAS PUT TO SLEEP
1
9,715
TOTAL
28,580
294,659,996


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