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Stomatognathic Diseases > Tooth Diseases > Tooth Abnormalities > Anodontia
Stomatognathic Diseases > Stomatognathic System Abnormalities > Tooth Abnormalities > Anodontia
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Stomatognathic System Abnormalities > Tooth Abnormalities > Anodontia

Preferred term

Anodontia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Agenesis, Familial Tooth
  • Anodontia, Partial
  • Anodontia, Total
  • Familial Tooth Ageneses
  • Hypodontia
  • Oligodontia
  • Oligodontias
  • Partial Anodontia
  • Partial Anodontias
  • Tooth Agenesis, Familial
  • Total Anodontia
  • Total Anodontias

Note

  • congen absence of teeth; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; congen absence of one or more teeth: do not confuse with JAW, EDENTULOUS (total lack of teeth in either jaw through disease or extraction), JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY (partial lack in either jaw) or MOUTH, EDENTULOUS (total lack of teeth in both jaws through disease or extraction)

Scope note

  • Congenital absence of the teeth. It may involve all (total anodontia) or only some of the teeth (partial anodontia, hypodontia), or six or more of the teeth (oligodontia) and both the deciduous and the permanent dentition, or only teeth of the permanent dentition.

History note

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