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Abstract
The total absence of teeth from either the mandible or the maxilla, but not both. Total absence of teeth from both is MOUTH, EDENTULOUS. Partial absence of teeth in either is JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY.
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- Jaw, Edentulous
- Edentulous Jaws
- Jaws, Edentulous
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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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note category: do not confuse with ANODONTIA (see note there); = total absence of teeth from mandible or maxilla; partial absence of teeth from mandible or maxilla = JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; total absence of teeth from both jaws = MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; coord IM with MANDIBLE (NIM) or MAXILLA (NIM)
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80; was included in MOUTH, EDENTULOUS 1965-79
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- Mouth, Edentulous (1966-1979)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Edentulous Jaw. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007575. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007575
- Edentulous Jaw. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54911224