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Descriptor English: Tooth Cervix
Descriptor Spanish: Cuello del Diente
Descriptor cuello del diente
Entry term(s) cuello dental
unión cemento-esmalte
Scope note: Parte estrecha del diente en la unión de la corona y la o las raíces. A menudo se denomina unión cemento-esmalte (CEJ, siglas en inglés), la línea en la que se encuentran el cemento que cubre la raíz de un diente y el esmalte de dicho diente. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p530, p433)
Descriptor Portuguese: Colo do Dente
Descriptor French: Col de la dent
Entry term(s): CEJ
Cementoenamel Junction
Cementoenamel Junctions
Cervix Dentis
Cervix, Tooth
Junction, Cementoenamel
Junctions, Cementoenamel
Tree number(s): A14.549.167.900.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019237
Scope note: The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referred to as the cementoenamel junction (CEJ), the line at which the cementum covering the root of a tooth and the enamel of the tooth meet. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p530, p433)
Annotation: IM; coord with specific tooth (IM) if pertinent
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: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 32882
Unique ID: D019237
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Tooth Cervix - Preferred
Concept UI M0028647
Scope note The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referred to as the cementoenamel junction (CEJ), the line at which the cementum covering the root of a tooth and the enamel of the tooth meet. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p530, p433)
Preferred term Tooth Cervix
Entry term(s) CEJ
Cementoenamel Junction
Cementoenamel Junctions
Cervix Dentis
Cervix, Tooth
Junction, Cementoenamel
Junctions, Cementoenamel



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