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Tooth Apex MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Tooth Apex
Tree Number(s)
A14.549.167.900.750.700
Unique ID
D019227
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019227
Annotation
dis: coord IM with TOOTH DISEASES (IM); /‌surg: consider also APICOECTOMY; apical foramen goes here
Scope Note
The tip or terminal end of the root of a tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62)
Entry Term(s)
Apical Foramen
Tooth Apices
Previous Indexing
Tooth Root (1975-1996)
See Also
Apicoectomy
Public MeSH Note
97; was see TOOTH ROOT 1975-96; was see under TOOTH ROOT 1969-74
Online Note
use TOOTH ROOT to search TOOTH APEX 1969-96
History Note
97; was see TOOTH ROOT 1975-96; was see under TOOTH ROOT 1969-74
Date Established
1997/01/01
Date of Entry
1996/06/10
Revision Date
2003/07/09
Tooth Apex Preferred
Apical Foramen Narrower
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