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Descriptor English: Tooth Demineralization
Descriptor Spanish: Desmineralización Dental
Descriptor desmineralización dental
Entry term(s) desmineralización dentaria
Scope note: Pérdida mineral de los dientes, como la del calcio de la hidroxiapatita de la matriz dentaria, producida por la exposición a los ácidos. Un ejemplo de desmineralización es la formación de caries dentarias.
Descriptor Portuguese: Desmineralização do Dente
Descriptor French: Déminéralisation dentaire
Tree number(s): C07.793.720
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017001
Scope note: A tooth's loss of minerals, such as calcium in hydroxyapatite from the tooth matrix, caused by acidic exposure. An example of the occurrence of demineralization is in the formation of dental caries.
Annotation: a tooth disease; white spots or white lesions do not go here: note WHITE SPOTS see 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
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Related: Dental Caries MeSH
DeCS ID: 29774
Unique ID: D017001
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Tooth Demineralization - Preferred
Concept UI M0025834
Scope note A tooth's loss of minerals, such as calcium in hydroxyapatite from the tooth matrix, caused by acidic exposure. An example of the occurrence of demineralization is in the formation of dental caries.
Preferred term Tooth Demineralization



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