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An acquired or hereditary condition due to deficiency in the formation of tooth enamel (AMELOGENESIS). It is usually characterized by defective, thin, or malformed DENTAL ENAMEL. Risk factors for enamel hypoplasia include gene mutations, nutritional deficiencies, diseases, and environmental factors.
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- Enamel Hypoplasia
- Enamel Hypoplasia, Dental
- Hypoplasia, Dental Enamel
- Hypoplastic Enamel
- Enamel Hypoplasias
- Enamel, Hypoplastic
- Hypoplasia, Enamel
- Enamel Agenesis
- Agenesis, Enamel
- Enamel Ageneses
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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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1966 (1965)
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- National Library of Medicine. Dental Enamel Hypoplasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003744. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003744
- Dental Enamel Hypoplasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enamel_hypoplasia
- Dental Enamel Hypoplasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5375191