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dental dam

a thin, rectangular sheet used in dentistry to isolate the operative site
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dental dam

Summary

dental dam is a method[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,444 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • dental dam's instance of is recorded as method[3].
  • dental dam is a type of dental equipment[4].
  • dental dam's Commons category is recorded as Dental dams[5].
  • dental dam's facet of is recorded as dentistry[6].
  • dental dam's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki99/LGBT+[7].

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Definition and Type

dental dam's instance of is recorded as method[3]. It is a type of dental equipment[4].

Why It Matters

dental dam ranks in the top 4% of method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,444 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

dentistry

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → method
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → dental equipment
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007540865405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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