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MeSH Heading: Open Bite
Tree Number(s): C07.793.494.825
Unique ID: D024343
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D024343
Scope Note: A condition in which certain opposing teeth fail to establish occlusal contact when the jaws are closed.
Entry Term(s): Apertognathia; Nonocclusion; Openbite
NLM Classification #: WU 440
Previous Indexing: Malocclusion (1965-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25

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: M0012943
Scope Note: A condition in which certain opposing teeth fail to establish occlusal contact when the jaws are closed.
Terms: Open Bite Preferred Term
Term UI T024784
Date09/20/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Nonocclusion
Term UI T425033
Date09/26/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Openbite
Term UI T024785
Date09/20/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Apertognathia
Term UI T425032
Date09/26/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002)

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