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Descriptor English: Tooth Socket
Descriptor Spanish: Alveolo Dental
Descriptor alveolo dental
Scope note: Cavidad del proceso alveolar de los huesos MAXILAR y MANDÍBULA donde se fija cada diente y a la que se une mediante el ligamento peridontal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Alvéolo Dental
Descriptor French: Alvéole dentaire
Entry term(s): Alveolus Dentali
Alveolus Dentalis
Alveolus, Dental
Dental Alveolus
Dentali, Alveolus
Dentalis, Alveolus
Socket, Tooth
Sockets, Tooth
Tooth Sockets
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.324.502.125.800
A14.521.125.800
A14.549.167.646.094.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020390
Scope note: A hollow part of the alveolar process of the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE where each tooth fits and is attached via the periodontal ligament.
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: Alveolar Process (1966-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
DeCS ID: 33676
Unique ID: D020390
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/18
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Tooth Socket - Preferred
Concept UI M0030034
Scope note A hollow part of the alveolar process of the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE where each tooth fits and is attached via the periodontal ligament.
Preferred term Tooth Socket
Entry term(s) Alveolus Dentali
Alveolus Dentalis
Alveolus, Dental
Dental Alveolus
Dentali, Alveolus
Dentalis, Alveolus
Socket, Tooth
Sockets, Tooth
Tooth Sockets



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