Concept information
Preferred term
Gingival Hyperplasia
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Note
- differentiate from GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY
Scope note
- Non-inflammatory enlargement of the gingivae produced by factors other than local irritation. It is characteristically due to an increase in the number of cells. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p400)
History note
- 65
In other languages
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Finnish
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gingival hyperplasi
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hyperplasia gingivae
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hyperplasia gingivalis
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ikenen liikakasvu
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ikenien hyperplasia
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005885
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