# Zahnbelag in English: dental plaque – dental dictionary

> German dental term "Zahnbelag" in English: dental plaque. Category Periodontology, with US/UK spelling, synonyms and the sources that confirm the translation.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/zahnbelag  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:26:48Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/zahnbelag.md

**Zahnbelag** = **dental plaque**

- **English (US):** dental plaque
- **Synonyms (English):** plaque
- **Category:** Periodontology

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D003773 · Dental Plaque / Zahnbelag): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D003773](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D003773)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Zahnbelag](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahnbelag), [en.wikipedia.org: Dental plaque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_plaque), [Wikidata Q143504](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143504)
- Wiktionary translation table (verification only): [de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zahnbelag](https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zahnbelag)

[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.