Diseases

Anodontia

Congenital absence of the teeth. It may involve all (total anodontia) or only some of the teeth (partial anodontia, hypodontia), or six or more of the teeth (oligodontia) and both the deciduous and the permanent dentition, or only teeth of the permanent dentition.

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Abstract

Congenital absence of the teeth. It may involve all (total anodontia) or only some of the teeth (partial anodontia, hypodontia), or six or more of the teeth (oligodontia) and both the deciduous and the permanent dentition, or only teeth of the permanent dentition.

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Synonyms

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  • Dental Agenesis, Familial
  • Familial Dental Agenesis
  • Familial Tooth Agenesis
  • Hypodontia
  • Hypodontia Oligodontia 1
  • Oligodontia
  • Partial Anodontia
  • Tooth Agenesis, Familial
  • Tooth Agenesis, Selective, 1
  • Total Anodontia
  • Agenesis, Familial Dental
  • Agenesis, Familial Tooth
  • Anodontia, Partial
  • Anodontia, Total
  • Familial Dental Ageneses
  • Familial Tooth Ageneses
  • Oligodontia 1, Hypodontia
  • Oligodontias
  • Partial Anodontias
  • Total Anodontias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

congen absence of teeth; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; congen absence of one or more teeth: do not confuse with JAW, EDENTULOUS (total lack of teeth in either jaw through disease or extraction), JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY (partial lack in either jaw) or MOUTH, EDENTULOUS (total lack of teeth in both jaws through disease or extraction)

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  1. C07.650.800.100w
  2. C07.793w.700.100w
  3. C16w.131w.850.800.100w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Anodontia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000848. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000848
  2. Anodontia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodontia
  3. Anodontia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q771310