Diseases

Furcation Defects

Conditions in which a bifurcation or trifurcation of the molar tooth root becomes denuded as a result of periodontal disease. It may be followed by tooth mobility, temperature sensitivity, pain, and alveolar bone resorption.

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Conditions in which a bifurcation or trifurcation of the molar tooth root becomes denuded as a result of periodontal disease. It may be followed by tooth mobility, temperature sensitivity, pain, and alveolar bone resorption.

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  • Defect, Furcation
  • Defects, Furcation
  • Furcation Defect

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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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a periodontal dis

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94

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  • Tooth Root (1966-1993)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Furcation Defects. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017823. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017823
  2. Furcation Defects. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furcation_defect
  3. Furcation Defects. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3090996