Diseases

Tooth Abnormalities

Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the teeth.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the teeth.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Abnormalities, Teeth
  • Abnormalities, Tooth
  • Teeth Abnormalities
  • Abnormality, Teeth
  • Abnormality, Tooth
  • Teeth Abnormality
  • Tooth Abnormality
  • Odontome
  • Odontomes

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

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

do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; duplication of teeth = TOOTH, SUPERNUMERARY; abnorm in congen syphilis = HUTCHINSON'S TEETH see SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; X ref ODONTOME (a form of developmental dental anomaly): do not confuse with ODONTOMA

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History Note

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Tree Numbers

  1. C07.650.800
  2. C07.793w.700
  3. C16w.131w.850.800

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tooth Abnormalities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014071. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014071
  2. Tooth Abnormalities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54912172