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MeSH Heading: Root Caries
Tree Number(s): C07.793.720.210.650
Unique ID: D017213
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017213
Annotation: caries of root, cementum or cervical portion of tooth
Scope Note: Dental caries involving the tooth root, cementum, or cervical area of the tooth.
Entry Term(s): Caries, Cervical; Caries, Root; Cervical Caries
Previous Indexing: Dental Caries (1966-1992); Tooth Root (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 1996/06/10

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)

Root Caries MeSH Descriptor Data 2025