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Descriptor English: Tooth Apex
Descriptor Spanish: Ápice del Diente
Descriptor ápice del diente
Entry term(s) foramen apical
Scope note: Punta o extremo terminal de la raíz de un diente. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62)
Descriptor Portuguese: Ápice Dentário
Descriptor French: Apex de la racine de la dent
Entry term(s): Apex, Tooth
Apical Foramen
Apices, Tooth
Foramen, Apical
Tooth Apices
Tree number(s): A14.549.167.900.750.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019227
Scope note: The tip or terminal end of the root of a tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62)
Annotation: dis: coord IM with TOOTH DISEASES (IM); /surg: consider also APICOECTOMY; apical foramen goes here
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
Previous Indexing: Tooth Root (1975-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97; was see TOOTH ROOT 1975-96; was see under TOOTH ROOT 1969-74
Online Note: use TOOTH ROOT to search TOOTH APEX 1969-96
History Note: 97; was see TOOTH ROOT 1975-96; was see under TOOTH ROOT 1969-74
Related: Apicoectomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 32884
Unique ID: D019227
NLM Classification: WU 230
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Tooth Apex - Preferred
Concept UI M0028635
Scope note The tip or terminal end of the root of a tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62)
Preferred term Tooth Apex
Entry term(s) Apex, Tooth
Apices, Tooth
Tooth Apices
Apical Foramen - Narrower
Concept UI M0028636
Preferred term Apical Foramen
Entry term(s) Foramen, Apical



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