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Preferred term

Tooth Ankylosis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ankyloses, Dental
  • Ankyloses, Dentoalveolar
  • Ankylosis, Dental
  • Ankylosis, Dentoalveolar
  • Ankylosis of Teeth
  • Ankylosis, Tooth
  • Dental Ankyloses
  • Dental Ankylosis
  • Dentoalveolar Ankyloses
  • Dentoalveolar Ankylosis
  • Teeth Ankyloses
  • Teeth Ankylosis

Scope note

  • Solid fixation of a tooth resulting from fusion of the cementum and alveolar bone, with obliteration of the periodontal ligament. It is uncommon in the deciduous dentition and very rare in permanent teeth. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)

History note

  • 99

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • ancylosis dento-alveolaris
  • ankylos av tänder
  • dentoalveolaarinen ankyloosi
  • hampaan ankyloosi
  • hampaiden ankyloosi
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020254

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