Descriptor English: | Tooth Demineralization | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Desmineralización Dental
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Desmineralização do Dente | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Déminéralisation dentaire | ||||||
Tree number(s): |
C07.793.720 |
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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. |
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Annotation: | a tooth disease; white spots or white lesions do not go here: note WHITE SPOTS see DENTAL CARIES |
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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 |
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Public MeSH Note: | 92 |
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History Note: | 92 |
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Related: |
Dental Caries
MeSH | ||||||
DeCS ID: | 29774 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D017001 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
Date Established: | 1992/01/01 | ||||||
Date of Entry: | 1991/05/30 | ||||||
Revision Date: | 1997/06/20 |
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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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