Anatomy

Unerupted Tooth

A normal developing tooth which has not yet perforated the oral mucosa or one that fails to erupt in the normal sequence or time interval expected for the type of tooth in a given gender, age, or population group.

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Abstract

A normal developing tooth which has not yet perforated the oral mucosa or one that fails to erupt in the normal sequence or time interval expected for the type of tooth in a given gender, age, or population group.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Teeth, Unerupted
  • Tooth, Unerupted
  • Unerupted Teeth

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40 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, 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, radiation effects, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transplantation, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note categories; do not confuse with TOOTH, IMPACTED

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Previous Indexing

  • Tooth Eruption (1966-1972)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Unerupted Tooth. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014097. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014097
  2. Unerupted Tooth. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67996045