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Descriptor English: Oral Ulcer
Descriptor Spanish: Úlceras Bucales
Descriptor úlceras bucales
Entry term(s) úlcera bucal
úlcera de la boca
Scope note: Pérdida de sustancia en la mucosa de la boca con excavación local de la superficie, debida a desprendimiento del tejido necrótico-inflamatorio. Se puede producir a consecuencia de diversas causas, p. ej., irritación por la dentadura, ESTOMATITIS AFTOSA, NOMA, gingivitis necrotizante (GINGIVITIS ULCEROSA NECROTIZANTE), CEPILLADO DENTAL, y diversos irritantes. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p842)
Descriptor Portuguese: Úlceras Orais
Descriptor French: Ulcère buccal
Entry term(s): Mouth Ulcer
Mouth Ulcers
Oral Ulcers
Ulcer, Mouth
Ulcer, Oral
Ulcers, Mouth
Ulcers, Oral
Tree number(s): C07.465.672
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019226
Scope note: A loss of mucous substance of the mouth showing local excavation of the surface, resulting from the sloughing of inflammatory necrotic tissue. It is the result of a variety of causes, e.g., denture irritation, aphthous stomatitis (STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS); NOMA; necrotizing gingivitis (GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE); TOOTHBRUSHING; and various irritants. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p842)
Annotation: coord IM with cause (IM) if pertinent; not a synonym for STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS
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
Previous Indexing: Mouth Diseases (1966-1996)
Stomatitis (1966-1996)
Stomatitis, Aphthous (1966-1996)
Ulcer (1966-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Related: Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative MeSH
Noma MeSH
Stomatitis, Aphthous MeSH
DeCS ID: 32942
Unique ID: D019226
NLM Classification: WU 140
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2005/07/15
Oral Ulcer - Preferred
Concept UI M0028634
Scope note A loss of mucous substance of the mouth showing local excavation of the surface, resulting from the sloughing of inflammatory necrotic tissue. It is the result of a variety of causes, e.g., denture irritation, aphthous stomatitis (STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS); NOMA; necrotizing gingivitis (GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE); TOOTHBRUSHING; and various irritants. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p842)
Preferred term Oral Ulcer
Entry term(s) Mouth Ulcer
Mouth Ulcers
Oral Ulcers
Ulcer, Mouth
Ulcer, Oral
Ulcers, Mouth
Ulcers, Oral



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