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MeSH Heading: Tooth Wear
Tree Number(s): C07.793.818
Unique ID: D057085
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057085
Annotation: note specifics TOOTH ABRASION; TOOTH ATTRITION; & TOOTH EROSION are also available
Scope Note: Loss of the tooth substance by chemical or mechanical processes
Entry Term(s): Dental Wear
Previous Indexing: Tooth Abrasion (1990-2009); Tooth Attrition (1995-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010; Tooth Erosion (1999-2009)
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2009/08/20

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)

Tooth Wear MeSH Descriptor Data 2025