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MeSH Heading: Mouth, Edentulous
Tree Number(s): C07.465.550; C07.793.597
Unique ID: D009066
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009066
Annotation: 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.
Entry Term(s): Mouth, Toothless
See Also: Denture, Complete; Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic; Tooth Loss
Public MeSH Note: 65; included total & partial edentulous state 1965-79
History Note: 65; included total & partial edentulous state 1965-79
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Mouth, Edentulous MeSH Descriptor Data 2025