Diseases

Dental Deposits

Accumulations of microflora that lead to pathological plaque and calculus which cause PERIODONTAL DISEASES. It can be considered a type of BIOFILMS. It is subtly distinguished from the protective DENTAL PELLICLE.

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Accumulations of microflora that lead to pathological plaque and calculus which cause PERIODONTAL DISEASES. It can be considered a type of BIOFILMS. It is subtly distinguished from the protective DENTAL PELLICLE.

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  • Dental Deposit
  • Deposit, Dental
  • Deposits, Dental
  • Materia Alba

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, 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, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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65; was in Cat C only 1965-74; MATERIA ALBA was heading 1965-86

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  1. C07.793w.208

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dental Deposits. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003741. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003741
  2. Dental Deposits. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47498567