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MeSH Heading: Tooth Ankylosis
Tree Number(s): C07.793.710
Unique ID: D020254
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020254
Scope Note: Solid fixation of a tooth resulting from fusion of the cementum and alveolar bone, with obliteration of the periodontal ligament. It is uncommon in the deciduous dentition and very rare in permanent teeth. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Entry Term(s): Ankylosis of Teeth; Ankylosis, Dentoalveolar; Ankylosis, Tooth; Dental Ankylosis; Dentoalveolar Ankylosis
Previous Indexing: Ankylosis (1966-1998); Tooth Abnormalities (1966-1967); Tooth Diseases (1968-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/11
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0029918
Scope Note: Solid fixation of a tooth resulting from fusion of the cementum and alveolar bone, with obliteration of the periodontal ligament. It is uncommon in the deciduous dentition and very rare in permanent teeth. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Terms: Tooth Ankylosis Preferred Term
Term UI T060016
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Ankylosis, Dentoalveolar
Term UI T060017
Date02/09/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Dental Ankylosis
Term UI T768840
Date04/07/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Dentoalveolar Ankylosis
Term UI T060018
Date02/09/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Ankylosis of Teeth
Term UI T768841
Date04/07/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Ankylosis, Tooth
Term UI T060015
Date05/22/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999)

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