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... > Stomatognathic System > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth Components > Tooth Root > Tooth Apex
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth Components > Tooth Root > Tooth Apex
... > Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth Components > Tooth Root > Tooth Apex

Preferred term

Tooth Apex  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Apices, Tooth
  • Tooth Apices

Note

  • dis: coord IM with TOOTH DISEASES (IM); /surg: consider also APICOECTOMY; apical foramen goes here

Scope note

  • The tip or terminal end of the root of a tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62)

History note

  • 97; was see TOOTH ROOT 1975-96; was see under TOOTH ROOT 1969-74

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019227

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