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Descriptor English: Gingival Overgrowth
Descriptor Spanish: Sobrecrecimiento Gingival
Descriptor sobrecrecimiento gingival
Scope note: Crecimiento gingival excesivo producido por incremento del tamaño de las células constituyentes (HIPERTROFIA GINGIVAL) o por incremento de su número (HIPERPLASIA GINGIVAL). (Jablonski s Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p574)
Descriptor Portuguese: Crescimento Excessivo da Gengiva
Descriptor French: Croissance exagérée de la gencive
Entry term(s): Gingival Overgrowths
Overgrowth, Gingival
Overgrowths, Gingival
Tree number(s): C07.465.714.258.428
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019214
Scope note: Excessive growth of the gingiva either by an increase in the size of the constituent cells (GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY) or by an increase in their number (GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA). (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p574)
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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: Gingival Hyperplasia (1978-1996)
Gingival Hypertrophy (1992-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 32943
Unique ID: D019214
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Gingival Overgrowth - Preferred
Concept UI M0028618
Scope note Excessive growth of the gingiva either by an increase in the size of the constituent cells (GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY) or by an increase in their number (GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA). (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p574)
Preferred term Gingival Overgrowth
Entry term(s) Gingival Overgrowths
Overgrowth, Gingival
Overgrowths, Gingival



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