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MeSH Heading: Periapical Diseases
Tree Number(s): C07.320.830; C07.465.714.306
Unique ID: D010483
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010483
Annotation: inflammatory disease = PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS
Scope Note: Diseases of the PERIAPICAL TISSUE surrounding the root of the tooth, which is distinguished from DENTAL PULP DISEASES inside the TOOTH ROOT.
Entry Version: PERIAPICAL DIS
NLM Classification #: WU 241
Previous Indexing: Periapical Tissue (1972-1979); Periodontal Diseases (1966-1979)
See Also: Dental Pulp Diseases
Public MeSH Note: 80
History Note: 80
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/04/25
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

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)

Periapical Diseases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025