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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Mouth, Edentulous
Stomatognathic Diseases > Tooth Diseases > Mouth, Edentulous

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Mouth, Edentulous  

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Entry terms

  • Mouth, Toothless
  • Toothless Mouth

Note

  • do not confuse with ANODONTIA (congenital absence of one or more teeth); differentiate from JAW, EDENTULOUS & JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY (see definitions under JAW, EDENTULOUS)

Scope note

  • Total lack of teeth through disease or extraction.

History note

  • 65; included total & partial edentulous state 1965-79

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009066

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