Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

crown of tooth

Synonyms
Definitions

The upper part of the tooth, which joins the lower part of the tooth (tooth root) at the cervix (tooth cervix) at a line called the cementoenamel junction. The entire surface of the crown is covered with enamel which is thicker at the extremity and becomes progressively thinner toward the cervix. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p216) [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID9133

Definition

The upper part of the tooth, which joins the lower part of the tooth (tooth root) at the cervix (tooth cervix) at a line called the cementoenamel junction. The entire surface of the crown is covered with enamel which is thicker at the extremity and becomes progressively thinner toward the cervix. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p216) [MeSH]

label

RID9133

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID9125

Preferred_name

crown of tooth

Preferred_name_German

Zahnkrone

prefixIRI

RID9133

UMLS_ID

C0226993

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID13236

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