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Dental Deposits  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dental Deposit
  • Deposit, Dental
  • Deposits, Dental
  • Materia Alba

Scope note

  • Accumulations of microflora that lead to pathological plaque and calculus which cause PERIODONTAL DISEASES. It can be considered a type of BIOFILMS. It is subtly distinguished from the protective DENTAL PELLICLE.

History note

  • 65; was in Cat C only 1965-74; MATERIA ALBA was heading 1965-86

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003741

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