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Descriptor English: Natal Teeth
Descriptor Spanish: Dientes Neonatales
Descriptor dientes natales
Entry term(s) diente natal
Scope note: Dientes predeciduales presentes en el nacimiento. Pueden estar bien formados y ser normales o representar estructuras epiteliales queratinizadas sin raíz. Se encuentran en las encías sobre la cresta gingival y provienen de yemas accesorias de la lámina dental por delante de las yemas deciduales o de yemas de la lámina dental accesoria. (Traducción libre del original: Jablonski, Ilustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982).
Descriptor Portuguese: Dentes Natais
Descriptor French: Dents natales
Entry term(s): Natal Tooth
Teeth Present At Birth
Teeth, Natal
Tooth, Natal
Tree number(s): A14.549.167.860.700.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009306
Scope note: Predeciduous teeth present at birth. They may be well formed and normal or may represent hornified epithelial structures without roots. They are found on the gingivae over the crest of the ridge and arise from accessory buds of the dental lamina ahead of the deciduous buds or from buds of the accessory dental lamina. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Annotation: "predeciduous teeth present at birth"
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 TOOTH, DECIDUOUS 1975-90
Online Note: search TOOTH, DECIDUOUS 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under TOOTH, DECIDUOUS 1975-90
DeCS ID: 9501
Unique ID: D009306
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Natal Teeth - Preferred
Concept UI M0014496
Scope note Predeciduous teeth present at birth. They may be well formed and normal or may represent hornified epithelial structures without roots. They are found on the gingivae over the crest of the ridge and arise from accessory buds of the dental lamina ahead of the deciduous buds or from buds of the accessory dental lamina. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Preferred term Natal Teeth
Entry term(s) Natal Tooth
Teeth Present At Birth
Teeth, Natal
Tooth, Natal



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