Diseases

Cracked Tooth Syndrome

Incomplete fracture of any part of a tooth, characterized by pain during mastication and sensitivity to heat, cold, sweet or sour tastes, and alcohol; it is often undiagnosed because the tooth is usually X-ray negative and normal to pulp vitality tests.

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Incomplete fracture of any part of a tooth, characterized by pain during mastication and sensitivity to heat, cold, sweet or sour tastes, and alcohol; it is often undiagnosed because the tooth is usually X-ray negative and normal to pulp vitality tests.

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  • Cracked Tooth Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Cracked Tooth
  • Syndromes, Cracked Tooth

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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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incomplete tooth fracture causing sensitivity to heat, cold, sweet, sour, alcohol

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History Note

91(75); was see under TOOTH FRACTURES 1975-90

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cracked Tooth Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003387. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003387
  2. Cracked Tooth Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracked_tooth_syndrome
  3. Cracked Tooth Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497584