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Descriptor English: Mouth, Edentulous
Descriptor Spanish: Boca Edéntula
Descriptor boca desdentada
Entry term(s) boca edentada
boca edéntula
boca sin dientes
Scope note: Ausencia de dientes en la mandíbula o en el maxilar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Boca Edêntula
Descriptor French: Bouche édentée
Entry term(s): Edentulous Mouth
Edentulous Mouths
Mouth, Toothless
Toothless Mouth
Tree number(s): C07.465.550
C07.793.597
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009066
Scope note: Total lack of teeth through disease or extraction.
Annotation: do not confuse with ANODONTIA (congenital absence of one or more teeth); differentiate from JAW, EDENTULOUS & JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY (see definitions under JAW, EDENTULOUS)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
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
Public MeSH Note: 65; included total & partial edentulous state 1965-79
History Note: 65; included total & partial edentulous state 1965-79
Related: Denture, Complete MeSH
Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic MeSH
Tooth Loss MeSH
DeCS ID: 29447
Unique ID: D009066
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: 2006/07/05
Mouth, Edentulous - Preferred
Concept UI M0014137
Scope note Total lack of teeth through disease or extraction.
Preferred term Mouth, Edentulous
Entry term(s) Edentulous Mouth
Edentulous Mouths
Mouth, Toothless
Toothless Mouth



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