# Kofferdam in English: rubber dam – dental dictionary

> "Kofferdam" in English: rubber dam. Restorative dentistry; with spelling variants, synonyms and the sources behind each entry.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/kofferdam  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:26:04Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/kofferdam.md

**Kofferdam** = **rubber dam**

- **English (US):** rubber dam
- **Synonyms (English):** dental dam
- **Category:** Restorative dentistry

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D016733 · Rubber Dams / Kofferdam (MeSH main heading)): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D016733](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D016733)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Kofferdam](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofferdam), [en.wikipedia.org: Dental dam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_dam), [Wikidata Q1630725](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1630725)
- Wiktionary translation table (verification only): [de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kofferdam](https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kofferdam)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.