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Abstract
An extra tooth, erupted or unerupted, resembling or unlike the other teeth in the group to which it belongs. Its presence may cause malposition of adjacent teeth or prevent their eruption.
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- Teeth, Supernumerary
- Tooth, Supernumerary
- Supernumerary Teeth
- Molar, Fourth
- Fourth Molar
- Fourth Molars
- Molars, Fourth
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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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do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; may refer to erupted or unerupted tooth: if erupted do not use TOOTH ERUPTION; if unerupted coord IM with TOOTH, UNERUPTED (NIM)
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65; MOLAR, FOURTH was see under TOOTH, SUPERNUMERARY 1965-78
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Supernumerary Tooth. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014096. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014096
- Supernumerary Tooth. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdontia
- Supernumerary Tooth. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542946