tooth calcification

Preferred Label : tooth calcification;

MeSH definition : The process whereby calcium salts are deposited in the dental enamel. The process is normal in the development of bones and teeth. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p43);

MeSH synonym : calcification, tooth; calcifications, teeth; teeth calcification; calcification, teeth; teeth calcifications; calcifications, tooth; tooth calcifications;

MeSH annotation : the physiol process; hypocalcification is probably indexed under AMELOGENESIS IMPERFECTA or DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA;

Details

Origin ID

D014074;

UMLS CUI

C0040432;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Tooth calcification, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- tooth calcification [SNOMED Notion]
- tooth mineralization [GO term]
Record concept(s)
- tooth calcification [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Organ or Tissue Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Physiologic mineralization of tooth, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tooth calcification, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- tooth calcification [SNOMED Notion]
- tooth mineralization [GO term]

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