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            | MEPS HC-135B CODEBOOK |  
            | 2010 DENTAL VISITS |  
            | DATE:      June 6, 2012 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DENTOTHX |  
            | Description: | EDITED DENTOTHR |  
            | Format: | 25.0 |  
            | Type: | CHAR |  
            | Start: | 136 |  
            | End: | 160 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         23,986 |    275,887,705 |  
            | -8 DK |              1 |          3,700 |  
            | 4 INJECTIONS |              1 |         19,699 |  
            | 4 TEETH RESURFACED |              1 |          4,179 |  
            | ABCESS |              3 |         26,074 |  
            | ADJUST PALLET |              1 |         17,313 |  
            | ANALGESIA |              1 |          9,532 |  
            | ANESTHIESIA |              1 |         11,748 |  
            | ANTI BACTIC SWAG |              1 |         16,077 |  
            | ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT |              1 |          4,769 |  
            | APPLIANCE |              1 |          8,002 |  
            | APPLIANCE INSERTED |              1 |          8,002 |  
            | BIOPSY |              1 |          3,908 |  
            | BITE BLOCKED RESIZED |              1 |         15,268 |  
            | BITE GUARD |              3 |         45,284 |  
            | BLOCKED SALVIA DUCT |              1 |          9,680 |  
            | BONDING - GLUED TOOTH ON |              1 |          9,377 |  
            | BONE GRAFT |              2 |         44,051 |  
            | BROKEN TOOTH |              7 |        140,660 |  
            | BUILD UP |              1 |         13,913 |  
            | BUILD UP FOR CROWN |              1 |         14,668 |  
            | BUMP ON TONGUE |              1 |         11,361 |  
            | CANCER SCREEINING |              1 |          8,748 |  
            | CANCER SCREENING |              2 |         19,878 |  
            | CANCER SCREENING ORAL |              1 |          9,886 |  
            | CAP CAME OFF |              1 |         16,448 |  
            | CAT SCAN FOR IMPLANTS |              1 |         15,835 |  
            | CATSCAN |              1 |         14,760 |  
            | CHECK ON TOOTH |              1 |         10,168 |  
            | CHECK TOOTH PAIN |              1 |         17,093 |  
            | CHECK WHERE TOOTH WAS |              1 |          3,080 |  
            | CHECKED BLOOD PRESSURE |              1 |          4,587 |  
            | CHECKIN |              1 |         20,145 |  
            | CHECKUP |              1 |         12,554 |  
            | CHECKUP AND BIOPSY |              1 |         11,714 |  
            | CHEEK SCRAPPING/LABS |              1 |         25,236 |  
            | CODING |              1 |          4,783 |  
            | COMPOSITES |              1 |         25,562 |  
            | CONSTRUCT LOWER TEETH |              2 |         23,225 |  
            | CONSULATION |              1 |          9,776 |  
            | CONSULT |              1 |         13,940 |  
            | CONSULTATION |              7 |         63,074 |  
            | CONSULTATION ONLY |              1 |          2,973 |  
            | CORE BUILD UP |              1 |         19,007 |  
            | COSMETIC |              1 |         41,084 |  
            | COSMETIC TEETH |              1 |          7,970 |  
            | CRACKED TOOTH |              4 |         39,103 |  
            | CRACKED TOOTH CORE REPAIR |              1 |          4,901 |  
            | CT /PREP FOR IMPLANT |              1 |          6,423 |  
            | DENTAL IMPRESSIONS |              4 |        129,337 |  
            | DENTAL STITCHES REMOVED |              1 |          3,338 |  
            | DENTAL SURGERY |              1 |          9,823 |  
            | DENTAL TRETMENT |              1 |          4,250 |  
            | DIAGNOSTIC CAST |              1 |         12,579 |  
            | DIAGNOSTIC PREVENTATIVE |              1 |          5,462 |  
            | DIAGNOSTIC TEST |              1 |         10,550 |  
            | DONT KNOW |              1 |          8,026 |  
            | EMERGENCY EXAM |              1 |         20,258 |  
            | EMERGENCY-PAIN |              1 |         19,816 |  
            | ESTIMATE ON WORK |              1 |          3,264 |  
            | EVALUATED |              1 |          9,263 |  
            | EXPOSE AND BOND UNERUPTED |              1 |          3,426 |  
            | F/U |              3 |         19,177 |  
            | F/U VISIT |              1 |          3,526 |  
            | FILE CHIPPED TOOTH |              1 |         10,008 |  
            | FILED OFF A LONG TOOTH |              1 |              0 |  
            | FILL GAP FRONT TOP TEETH |              2 |         34,957 |  
            | FILLED IN GAP |              1 |          6,462 |  
            | FINAL FITTING FOR NITE GU |              1 |         28,618 |  
            | FITTED FOR NIGHTGUARD |              1 |         11,050 |  
            | FITTING FOR MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         16,051 |  
            | FIXED BROKEN TOOTH |              1 |         14,182 |  
            | FIXED CHIPPED TOOTH |              2 |         33,637 |  
            | FOLLOW UP |             12 |        157,132 |  
            | FOLLOW UP CHECKING ONLY |              1 |          2,480 |  
            | FOLLOW UP FOR CAVITY |              1 |         16,991 |  
            | FOLLOW UP OF SURGERY |              1 |          6,255 |  
            | FOLLOW UP ON FIRST VISIT |              1 |          7,549 |  
            | FOLLOW UP SURGERY |              1 |         14,382 |  
            | FOLLOW UP TO SURGERY |              1 |         12,714 |  
            | FOLLOW UP VISIT |              1 |          6,552 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP |              8 |        115,669 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP ON BIOPSY |              1 |          9,973 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP VISIT |              1 |          7,434 |  
            | FOLLOWUP |              9 |         99,047 |  
            | FOLLOWUP TO ACCLUSION |              4 |         46,449 |  
            | FOR A POST |              1 |          5,117 |  
            | FORM OF TEETH |              1 |         25,428 |  
            | FOUR SURFACE POST |              1 |         16,326 |  
            | FU |              1 |         13,255 |  
            | FULL MOUTH DEBRIDEMENT |              1 |         21,190 |  
            | GET ESTIMATE ON APPLIANCE |              1 |         13,747 |  
            | GET SPACER |              1 |          4,490 |  
            | GLUED TOOTH IN |              1 |         22,429 |  
            | GLUED TOOTH TOGETHER |              1 |         11,279 |  
            | GRANULAR TISSUE |              2 |         21,155 |  
            | GROUND DOWN BROKEN TOOTH |              1 |         20,085 |  
            | GROUND TOOTH |              1 |          8,971 |  
            | IMPRESSION |              2 |         23,171 |  
            | IMPRESSION OF TOOTH |              1 |          6,453 |  
            | IMPRESSION/ MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         10,969 |  
            | IMPRESSIONS |              7 |         89,916 |  
            | IMPRESSIONS OF LOWER JAW |              1 |          8,215 |  
            | INFECTED TOOTH |              1 |          5,412 |  
            | INFECTION TREATMENT |              2 |          8,185 |  
            | INJETED MEDICINE |              1 |         19,699 |  
            | IRRIGATION PROCEDURE |              1 |         11,483 |  
            | JAW PAIN |              1 |         22,254 |  
            | LASER TREATMENT |              1 |         14,876 |  
            | LASER WORK |              1 |         22,461 |  
            | LOCKED JAW AND PAIN |              1 |          2,780 |  
            | LOOSE TOOTH |              1 |         12,091 |  
            | LOST A TOOTH BECS OF PREG |              1 |          3,708 |  
            | LOWER TEETH CONSTRUCT |              3 |         34,837 |  
            | LOWER TEETH RECONSTRUCTED |              1 |         11,612 |  
            | LUMP ON TONGUE |              1 |         20,852 |  
            | MAKE IMPRESSION |              1 |          2,125 |  
            | MAKE IMPRESSIONS |              1 |          2,125 |  
            | MEASURE MOLDING |              1 |          4,933 |  
            | MESUREMENTS |              1 |         12,005 |  
            | MOLD REFORM |              1 |          6,925 |  
            | MOLD TO REPLACE TOOTH |              1 |         16,920 |  
            | MOLDS TAKEN |              1 |         10,405 |  
            | MOUTH GUARD |              6 |         58,196 |  
            | MOUTH GUARD MADE |              1 |         14,955 |  
            | MOUTH REPACKED |              1 |          8,743 |  
            | MOUTH SORE |              1 |          7,673 |  
            | MOUTH ULCER |              1 |         11,896 |  
            | MOUTHWASH |              1 |         25,706 |  
            | MUSCLE SPASM IN JAW |              1 |         23,145 |  
            | NIGHT GUARD |              4 |         51,389 |  
            | NIGHT GUARD MADE |              1 |         21,479 |  
            | NIGHT GUARDS |              1 |         16,697 |  
            | NITEGUARD |              1 |         14,729 |  
            | NITROUS OXIDE |              1 |         17,959 |  
            | NOT CERTAIN |              1 |         11,378 |  
            | NOTHING /JUST TALKED |              1 |          5,559 |  
            | OCCLUSAL GUARD |              1 |         11,711 |  
            | OCLUSAL GUARD |              1 |         16,787 |  
            | ORAL CANCER CHECK |              1 |          9,877 |  
            | ORAL CANCER SCREENING |              3 |         30,352 |  
            | ORAL EVAL |              1 |         12,032 |  
            | ORAL EVALUATION |              3 |         16,978 |  
            | ORTHOPEDIC NOT DENTAL CAR |              1 |          8,026 |  
            | OVERLAY |              1 |         15,962 |  
            | P/U MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         16,051 |  
            | PAIN |              1 |         31,967 |  
            | PARTIAL PLATE |              1 |              0 |  
            | PERMANERNT DENTAL IMPLANT |              1 |          9,823 |  
            | PHYSICAL |              1 |          1,793 |  
            | PHYSICAL FOR SPORTS |              1 |          2,011 |  
            | PIN INSERTED/BONE GRAPH |              1 |          9,263 |  
            | PLANING TREATMENT |              1 |          5,983 |  
            | PLAQUE CONTROL EDUCATION |              1 |          6,941 |  
            | POST |              1 |          3,165 |  
            | POST OP FOR JAW SURGERY |              1 |          3,872 |  
            | POST OPERATIVE VISIT |              1 |         18,877 |  
            | PREFAB POST AND CORE |              2 |          9,034 |  
            | PREVENTIVE DIAGNOSTIC |              1 |         16,498 |  
            | PRICE OF CARE |              1 |          2,960 |  
            | PROVISIONAL SPLINTING |              1 |         16,466 |  
            | PUT IN TEMP TEETH 2 |              1 |         19,644 |  
            | PUT ON VENEER |              1 |          9,958 |  
            | REBUILD OF TOOTH |              1 |         14,000 |  
            | RECONSTRUCT LOWER TEETH |              1 |         11,612 |  
            | REFERAL TO SPECIALIST |              1 |          3,624 |  
            | REFERRALS TO OTHER DENTIS |              1 |          6,075 |  
            | REFERRED FOR EXTRACTIONS |              1 |         17,012 |  
            | REFUSED SERVICE-NOT CVRD |              1 |          7,858 |  
            | REGROUND BITE |              1 |         13,752 |  
            | REMOVE METAL PLATE |              1 |          9,905 |  
            | REMOVE STITCHES |              1 |          6,064 |  
            | REMOVED STICHES/FOLLOW UP |              1 |          9,263 |  
            | REMOVED STITCHES |              1 |          5,432 |  
            | REMOVED STITCHES FROM SUR |              1 |          9,756 |  
            | REMOVED SUTURES |              1 |          5,382 |  
            | REPAIR |              1 |          5,443 |  
            | REPAIR TOOTH |              2 |         36,234 |  
            | REPLACE CAP |              1 |         10,198 |  
            | REPLACE TOOTH |              1 |         10,168 |  
            | RESEED THE TOOTH |              1 |         12,222 |  
            | RESIN ON TOOT-GUM TOO LOW |              1 |              0 |  
            | REVIEW OF ACCLUSION |              1 |         11,612 |  
            | RINSE OUT MOUTH |              1 |         11,748 |  
            | SANDED A CRACKED TOOTH |              1 |         17,837 |  
            | SCAN AND IMPRINT |              1 |         13,952 |  
            | SCHEDULING VISIT |              1 |         17,322 |  
            | SEALANT |              1 |         16,687 |  
            | SENSITIVE TOOTHPASTE AND |              1 |         20,088 |  
            | SHAVED DOWN FIRST FILLING |              1 |          4,501 |  
            | SIGN PAPERS AND GIVE INFO |              1 |          2,786 |  
            | SILVER CAP |              1 |          1,458 |  
            | SLEEP APENA |              2 |          3,353 |  
            | SLEEP APENA RETAINER |              1 |          1,677 |  
            | SLEEP APIA CORRECTION |              1 |          1,677 |  
            | SLEEP APNEA |              1 |          1,677 |  
            | SLEEP APNEA DENTAL DEVICE |              1 |          1,677 |  
            | SLEEP APNEA HEAD GEAR |              2 |         45,445 |  
            | SLEEP APNEA MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         22,706 |  
            | SLEEP APNIA CORRECTION |              3 |          5,030 |  
            | SPOKE WITH DENTIST |              1 |         17,860 |  
            | STAPH INFECTION |              3 |         30,637 |  
            | STICH REMOVAL |              1 |          5,245 |  
            | STICHES REMOVED |              1 |         20,437 |  
            | STITCHES TAKEN OUT |              1 |         20,027 |  
            | STUCK SOME THING IN GUM |              1 |          4,301 |  
            | SURGERY |              1 |         26,811 |  
            | SURGERY FOLLOW UP |              1 |         13,273 |  
            | SUTURE REMOVAL |              1 |         14,283 |  
            | SWELLING OF THE GUMS |              1 |          9,940 |  
            | TAKE IMPRESSIONS |              4 |         91,567 |  
            | TEETH IMPRESSIONS |              2 |          4,251 |  
            | TELEPHONE CALL |              1 |          8,053 |  
            | TIGHTENING CHAIN IN GUM |              1 |          9,631 |  
            | TOOK MOLDS |              1 |         16,529 |  
            | TOOTH ACHE |              2 |         41,429 |  
            | TOOTH IMPRESSION |              1 |         22,461 |  
            | TOOTH PAIN |              3 |         32,681 |  
            | TOOTH REPLACED |              1 |         11,090 |  
            | TOOTH/BONE CHIP REMOVED |              1 |         25,016 |  
            | TREAT LOCK YAR |              1 |          8,431 |  
            | TREATMENT FOR LOCK YAR |             13 |        109,598 |  
            | VENEER |              1 |          5,977 |  
            | VENEER ON TOOTH |              1 |          9,958 |  
            | VENEER REMOVAL |              1 |         14,176 |  
            | VENEERS |              2 |         26,625 |  
            | VITAMIN K |              1 |         14,264 |  
            | WENT TO GET IT PULL CHA |              1 |         17,495 |  
            | TOTAL |         24,322 |    279,887,303 |  
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