Diseases

Tooth Avulsion

Partial or complete displacement of a tooth from its alveolar support. It is commonly the result of trauma. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p312)

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Abstract

Partial or complete displacement of a tooth from its alveolar support. It is commonly the result of trauma. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p312)

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13 entry terms
  • Avulsed Tooth
  • Avulsion, Tooth
  • Avulsions, Tooth
  • Tooth Avulsions
  • Tooth, Avulsed
  • Dislocation, Tooth
  • Tooth Luxation
  • Dislocations, Tooth
  • Luxation, Tooth
  • Luxations, Tooth
  • Tooth Dislocation
  • Tooth Dislocations
  • Tooth Luxations

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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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Indexing Annotation

partial or complete displacement of tooth from socket; coord IM with specific tooth /inj (IM)

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History Note

97; was TOOTH LUXATION 1970-96; TOOTH AVULSION was see TOOTH LUXATION 1984-96

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Previous Indexing

  • specific tooth (1966-1969)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tooth Avulsion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014084. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014084
  2. Tooth Avulsion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_avulsion
  3. Tooth Avulsion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2422102