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Descriptor English: Tooth Root
Descriptor Spanish: Raíz del Diente
Descriptor raíz del diente
Entry term(s) raíz dental
Scope note: Porción del diente desde el cuello hasta la cúspide, que se encuentra dentro del proceso alveolar y que está cubierta por cemento. La raíz puede ser única o estar dividida en varias ramas, identificadas usualmente por su posición relativa, por ejemplo: raíz lingual o raíz bucal. Los dientes con una sola raíz, unirradiculares, incluyen los primeros y segundos premolares mandibulares y los segundos premolares maxilares. El primer premolar maxilar tiene, en la mayoría de los casos, dos raíces. Los molares maxilares tienen tres raíces. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p690)
Descriptor Portuguese: Raiz Dentária
Descriptor French: Racine dentaire
Entry term(s): Root, Tooth
Roots, Tooth
Tooth Roots
Tree number(s): A14.549.167.900.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014092
Scope note: The part of a tooth from the neck to the apex, embedded in the alveolar process and covered with cementum. A root may be single or divided into several branches, usually identified by their relative position, e.g., lingual root or buccal root. Single-rooted teeth include mandibular first and second premolars and the maxillary second premolar teeth. The maxillary first premolar has two roots in most cases. Maxillary molars have three roots. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p690)
Annotation: dis: coord IM with TOOTH DISEASES (IM); root fract or radicular fract: index under TOOTH ROOT /inj (IM) + TOOTH FRACTURES (IM); dilaceration of root: index under TOOTH ROOT /abnorm; TOOTH APEX is available
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Related: Root Planing MeSH
Root Resorption MeSH
DeCS ID: 14485
Unique ID: D014092
NLM Classification: WU 230
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Tooth Root - Preferred
Concept UI M0021697
Scope note The part of a tooth from the neck to the apex, embedded in the alveolar process and covered with cementum. A root may be single or divided into several branches, usually identified by their relative position, e.g., lingual root or buccal root. Single-rooted teeth include mandibular first and second premolars and the maxillary second premolar teeth. The maxillary first premolar has two roots in most cases. Maxillary molars have three roots. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p690)
Preferred term Tooth Root
Entry term(s) Root, Tooth
Roots, Tooth
Tooth Roots



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