Diseases

Alveolar Bone Loss

Resorption or wasting of the tooth-supporting bone (ALVEOLAR PROCESS) in the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE.

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Abstract

Resorption or wasting of the tooth-supporting bone (ALVEOLAR PROCESS) in the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Alveolar Bone Atrophy
  • Alveolar Process Atrophy
  • Alveolar Resorption
  • Bone Loss, Alveolar
  • Bone Loss, Periodontal
  • Periodontal Bone Loss
  • Periodontal Resorption
  • Alveolar Bone Atrophies
  • Alveolar Bone Losses
  • Alveolar Process Atrophies
  • Alveolar Resorptions
  • Bone Atrophies, Alveolar
  • Bone Atrophy, Alveolar
  • Bone Losses, Periodontal
  • Periodontal Bone Losses
  • Periodontal Resorptions
  • Resorption, Alveolar
  • Resorption, Periodontal
  • Resorptions, Alveolar

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, 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, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with MANDIBULAR DISEASES or MAXILLARY DISEASES (IM or NIM)

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History Note

91; was see BONE RESORPTION 1987-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Bone Resorption (1966-1990)

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WU 241

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Alveolar Bone Loss. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016301. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016301
  2. Alveolar Bone Loss. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48045968