Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Tooth Attrition

Synonyms

Dental Attrition

Definitions

The wearing away of a tooth as a result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It is chiefly associated with aging. It is differentiated from TOOTH ABRASION (the pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by friction, as brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes) and from TOOTH EROSION (the loss of substance caused by chemical action without bacterial action). (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p86)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D019217

altLabel

Dental Attrition

Attrition, Tooth

Wear, Occlusal

Dental Attritions

Occlusal Wear

Wears, Occlusal

Occlusal Wears

Attrition, Dental

AN

do not confuse with TOOTH EROSION or TOOTH ABRASION

AQL

BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI

cui

C0004277

DC

1

definition

The wearing away of a tooth as a result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It is chiefly associated with aging. It is differentiated from TOOTH ABRASION (the pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by friction, as brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes) and from TOOTH EROSION (the loss of substance caused by chemical action without bacterial action). (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p86)

DX

19970101

HN

1997; for DENTAL ATTRITION use TOOTH ABRASION 1976-1996

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000097

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000178

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000175

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000628

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000134

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000139

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000517

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000662

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000469

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000151

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000150

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000473

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000451

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000453

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000534

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000532

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000503

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000188

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000235

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000209

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000208

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000000981

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000652

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000401

Machine permutation

1997; for DENTAL ATTRITION see TOOTH ABRASION 1976-1996

MDA

19960610

MMR

20090706

MN

C07.793.818.249

notation

D019217

prefLabel

Tooth Attrition

TERMUI

T748791

T057249

T057247

T057248

TH

NLM (1997)

NLM (2010)

tui

T033

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D057085

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