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Descriptor English: Dental Deposits
Descriptor Spanish: Depósitos Dentarios
Descriptor depósitos dentarios
Entry term(s) depósitos dentales
materia alba
Scope note: Adherencia y depósito anormal de sustancias en la superficie de los dientes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Depósitos Dentários
Descriptor French: Dépôts dentaires
Entry term(s): Dental Deposit
Deposit, Dental
Deposits, Dental
Materia Alba
Tree number(s): C07.793.208
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003741
Scope note: Accumulations of microflora that lead to pathological plaque and calculus which cause PERIODONTAL DISEASES. It can be considered a type of BIOFILMS. It is subtly distinguished from the protective DENTAL PELLICLE.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
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
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65; MATERIA ALBA was heading 1965-86
Online Note: use DENTAL DEPOSITS to search MATERIA ALBA 1966-86
History Note: 65; was in Cat C only 1965-74; MATERIA ALBA was heading 1965-86
Entry Version: DENT DEPOSITS
Related: Biofilms MeSH
DeCS ID: 3756
Unique ID: D003741
NLM Classification: WU 250
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Dental Deposits - Preferred
Concept UI M0005870
Scope note Accumulations of microflora that lead to pathological plaque and calculus which cause PERIODONTAL DISEASES. It can be considered a type of BIOFILMS. It is subtly distinguished from the protective DENTAL PELLICLE.
Preferred term Dental Deposits
Entry term(s) Dental Deposit
Deposit, Dental
Deposits, Dental
Materia Alba



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