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Descriptor English: Epithelial Attachment
Descriptor Spanish: Inserción Epitelial
Descriptor inserción epitelial
Entry term(s) epitelio de inserción
epitelio de la unión
unión dentoepitelial
Scope note: Collarín de células epiteliales, en forma de cuña, que constituye la sujeción de la encías a la superficie de los dientes en la base de la hendidura gingival.
Descriptor Portuguese: Inserção Epitelial
Descriptor French: Attache épithéliale
Entry term(s): Attachment, Epithelial
Attachments, Epithelial
Epithelial Attachments
Epithelium, Junctional
Junctional Epithelium
Tree number(s): A14.549.167.646.374
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004846
Scope note: A wedge-shaped collar of epithelial cells which form the attachment of the gingiva to the tooth surface at the base of the gingival crevice.
Annotation: do not confuse with "periodontal attachment" as in PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS
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
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under PERIODONTIUM 1975-90
Online Note: search PERIODONTIUM 1969-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under PERIODONTIUM 1975-90
DeCS ID: 4925
Unique ID: D004846
NLM Classification: WU 240
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Epithelial Attachment - Preferred
Concept UI M0007603
Scope note A wedge-shaped collar of epithelial cells which form the attachment of the gingiva to the tooth surface at the base of the gingival crevice.
Preferred term Epithelial Attachment
Entry term(s) Attachment, Epithelial
Attachments, Epithelial
Epithelial Attachments
Epithelium, Junctional
Junctional Epithelium



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