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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

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

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