Radiology Lexicon

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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://www.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://www.radlex.org/RID/RID9125
Preferred_name

crown of tooth
prefixIRI

RID1:RID9133
prefLabel

crown of tooth
UMLS_ID

C0226993
subClassOf

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID13236
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