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Descriptor English: Open Bite
Descriptor Spanish: Mordida Abierta
Descriptor mordida abierta
Scope note: Afección en la que ciertos dientes opuestos no contactan al cerrar las mandíbulas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mordida Aberta
Descriptor French: Béance dentaire
Entry term(s): Apertognathia
Bite, Open
Nonocclusion
Openbite
Tree number(s): C07.793.494.825
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D024343
Scope note: A condition in which certain opposing teeth fail to establish occlusal contact when the jaws are closed.
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: Malocclusion (1965-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
DeCS ID: 36006
Unique ID: D024343
NLM Classification: WU 440
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Open Bite - Preferred
Concept UI M0012943
Scope note A condition in which certain opposing teeth fail to establish occlusal contact when the jaws are closed.
Preferred term Open Bite
Entry term(s) Apertognathia
Bite, Open
Nonocclusion
Openbite



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