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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D019237
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Preferred Name

Tooth Cervix

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)
Synonyms
Cervix Dentis
Cementoenamel Junction
Cementoenamel Junctions
Junction, Cementoenamel
Junctions, Cementoenamel
Cervix, Tooth
CEJ
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