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Stomatognathic System > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth > Incisor
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth > Incisor
... > Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth > Incisor

Preferred term

Incisor  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • one of the 8 front teeth; NIM when merely locational; "incisive papilla", a projection on the palate posterior to the central incisors: index under PALATE & do not add INCISOR

Scope note

  • Any of the eight frontal teeth (four maxillary and four mandibular) having a sharp incisal edge for cutting food and a single root, which occurs in man both as a deciduous and a permanent tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p820)

History note

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In other languages

  • etuhammas

    Finnish

  • dens incisivus
  • dentes incisivi
  • etuhampaat
  • incisor
  • inkisiivi
  • inkisiivit
  • insisiivi
  • insisiivit
  • Framtand

    Swedish

  • Framtänder
  • Incisiver
  • Incisorer

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007180

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