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MeSH Heading: Tooth Demineralization
Tree Number(s): C07.793.720
Unique ID: D017001
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017001
Annotation: a tooth disease; white spots or white lesions do not go here: note WHITE SPOTS see DENTAL CARIES
Scope Note: A tooth's loss of minerals, such as calcium in hydroxyapatite from the tooth matrix, caused by acidic exposure. An example of the occurrence of demineralization is in the formation of dental caries.
Entry Term(s): Demineralization, Tooth; Hypomineralization, Tooth; Tooth Hypomineralization
NLM Classification #: WU 270
See Also: Dental Caries
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 1997/06/20

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: M0025834
Scope Note: A tooth's loss of minerals, such as calcium in hydroxyapatite from the tooth matrix, caused by acidic exposure. An example of the occurrence of demineralization is in the formation of dental caries.
Terms: Tooth Demineralization Preferred Term
Term UI T050775
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Tooth Hypomineralization
Term UI T050777
Date07/23/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Hypomineralization, Tooth
Term UI T050776
Date07/23/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Demineralization, Tooth
Term UI T050774
Date03/26/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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