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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Mouth, Edentulous > Jaw, Edentulous
Stomatognathic Diseases > Tooth Diseases > Mouth, Edentulous > Jaw, Edentulous
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Jaw Diseases > Jaw, Edentulous
Stomatognathic Diseases > Jaw Diseases > Jaw, Edentulous

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Jaw, Edentulous  

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Note

  • note category: do not confuse with ANODONTIA (see note there); = total absence of teeth from mandible or maxilla; partial absence of teeth from mandible or maxilla = JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; total absence of teeth from both jaws = MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; coord IM with MANDIBLE (NIM) or MAXILLA (NIM)

Scope note

  • The total absence of teeth from either the mandible or the maxilla, but not both. Total absence of teeth from both is MOUTH, EDENTULOUS. Partial absence of teeth in either is JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY.

History note

  • 80; was included in MOUTH, EDENTULOUS 1965-79

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007575

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