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Descriptor English: Dental Pulp
Descriptor Spanish: Pulpa Dental
Descriptor pulpa dental
Entry term(s) endodoncio
pulpa dentaria
pulpa dentis
Scope note: Tejido conjuntivo de origen mesodérmico ricamente vascularizado e inervado, que se encuentra en la cavidad central del diente y está delimitado por la dentina con funciones formativas, nutritivas, sensoriales y protectoras. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992).
Descriptor Portuguese: Polpa Dentária
Descriptor French: Pulpe dentaire
Entry term(s): Dental Pulps
Pulp, Dental
Pulps, Dental
Tree number(s): A14.549.167.900.260
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003782
Scope note: A richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin, contained in the central cavity of a tooth and delimited by the dentin, and having formative, nutritive, sensory, and protective functions. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Annotation: /surg = PULPECTOMY or PULPOTOMY; inflammation = PULPITIS
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
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Version: DENT PULP
Related: Pulpectomy MeSH
Pulpotomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 3797
Unique ID: D003782
NLM Classification: WU 230
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Dental Pulp - Preferred
Concept UI M0005922
Scope note A richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin, contained in the central cavity of a tooth and delimited by the dentin, and having formative, nutritive, sensory, and protective functions. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Preferred term Dental Pulp
Entry term(s) Dental Pulps
Pulp, Dental
Pulps, Dental



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