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MeSH Heading: Tooth Abrasion
Tree Number(s): C07.793.818.124
Unique ID: D014072
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014072
Annotation: do not confuse with TOOTH ATTRITION or TOOTH EROSION
Scope Note: The pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes. It is differentiated from TOOTH ATTRITION in that this type of wearing away is the result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It differs also from TOOTH EROSION, the progressive loss of the hard substance of a tooth by chemical processes not involving bacterial action. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p2)
Entry Term(s): Abrasion, Dental; Dental Abrasion
NLM Classification #: WU 246
Public MeSH Note: 1965
History Note: 1965
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

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)

Concept UI: M0021670
Scope Note: The pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes. It is differentiated from TOOTH ATTRITION in that this type of wearing away is the result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It differs also from TOOTH EROSION, the progressive loss of the hard substance of a tooth by chemical processes not involving bacterial action. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p2)
Terms: Tooth Abrasion Preferred Term
Term UI T041276
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Abrasion, Dental
Term UI T041277
Date09/20/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Dental Abrasion
Term UI T041278
Date04/27/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991)

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