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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Stomatognathic System Abnormalities > Tooth Abnormalities > Odontodysplasia
Stomatognathic Diseases > Stomatognathic System Abnormalities > Tooth Abnormalities > Odontodysplasia
Stomatognathic Diseases > Tooth Diseases > Tooth Abnormalities > Odontodysplasia

Preferred term

Odontodysplasia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dysplasia, Odontogenic
  • Dysplasias, Odontogenic
  • Ghost Teeth
  • Ghost Tooth
  • Odontogenic Dysplasia
  • Odontogenic Dysplasias
  • Teeth, Ghost
  • Tooth, Ghost

Note

  • an abnorm of tooth develop; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES

Scope note

  • A localized arrested tooth development which appears to involve most commonly the anterior teeth, usually on one side of the midline, most often the maxillary central and lateral incisors. Roentgenographically, the teeth have a ghostlike appearance. Calcification and bits of prismatic enamel may be found in the pulp and the enamel is thin and absent in part. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)

History note

  • 94; ODONTOGENESIS IMPERFECTA was heading 1965-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018126

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