Diseases

Developmental Defects of Enamel

Defects in normal AMELOGENESIS caused by any local, systemic, environmental, or genetic factors. Enamel defects resulting from demineralization of normally developed DENTAL ENAMEL is referred to as TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION.

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Abstract

Defects in normal AMELOGENESIS caused by any local, systemic, environmental, or genetic factors. Enamel defects resulting from demineralization of normally developed DENTAL ENAMEL is referred to as TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION.

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5 entry terms
  • Developmental Defect of Enamel
  • Developmental Dental Enamel Defect
  • Developmental Dental Enamel Defects
  • Enamel Developmental Defect
  • Enamel Developmental Defects

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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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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Dental Enamel Hypoplasia (1963-2022)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Developmental Defects of Enamel. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000094602. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000094602
  2. Developmental Defects of Enamel. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116800674