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Descriptor English: Dental Fissures
Descriptor Spanish: Fisuras Dentales
Descriptor fisuras dentales
Scope note: Surcos o hendiduras naturales profundas en la superficie de los dientes equivalentes a las lesiones de clase 1 en la clasificación de las caries dentales de Black.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fissuras Dentárias
Descriptor French: Fissure dentaire
Entry term(s): Dental Fissure
Fissure, Dental
Fissures, Dental
Tree number(s): A14.549.167.900.258
C07.793.700.255
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003750
Scope note: Naturally occurring deep grooves or clefts in the surface of teeth equivalent to class 1 cavities in Black's classification of dental caries.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Dental Caries (1966-1986)
Entry Version: DENT FISSURES
DeCS ID: 19149
Unique ID: D003750
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/04/08
Revision Date: 1991/06/13
Dental Fissures - Preferred
Concept UI M0005881
Scope note Naturally occurring deep grooves or clefts in the surface of teeth equivalent to class 1 cavities in Black's classification of dental caries.
Preferred term Dental Fissures
Entry term(s) Dental Fissure
Fissure, Dental
Fissures, Dental



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