Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

neck of tooth

Synonyms
Definitions

The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referred to as the cementoenamel junction (cej), the line at which the cementum covering the root of a tooth and the enamel of the tooth meet. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p530, p433) [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID9135

Definition

The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referred to as the cementoenamel junction (cej), the line at which the cementum covering the root of a tooth and the enamel of the tooth meet. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p530, p433) [MeSH]

label

RID9135

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID9125

Preferred_name

neck of tooth

Preferred_name_German

Zahnhals

prefixIRI

RID9135

UMLS_ID

C0227011

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID13236

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