"Dental Enamel Hypoplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acquired or hereditary condition due to deficiency in the formation of tooth enamel (AMELOGENESIS). It is usually characterized by defective, thin, or malformed DENTAL ENAMEL. Risk factors for enamel hypoplasia include gene mutations, nutritional deficiencies, diseases, and environmental factors.
| Descriptor ID |
D003744
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.650.800.255 C07.793.700.255 C16.131.850.800.255
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| Concept/Terms |
Dental Enamel Hypoplasia- Dental Enamel Hypoplasia
- Hypoplastic Enamel
- Enamel, Hypoplastic
- Enamel Hypoplasia, Dental
- Hypoplasia, Dental Enamel
- Enamel Agenesis
- Ageneses, Enamel
- Agenesis, Enamel
- Enamel Ageneses
- Enamel Hypoplasia
- Enamel Hypoplasias
- Hypoplasia, Enamel
- Hypoplasias, Enamel
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Enamel Hypoplasia" by people in Profiles.
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Folayan MO, Alade M, Adeniyi A, El Tantawi M, Finlayson TL. Association between developmental dental anomalies, early childhood caries and oral hygiene status of 3-5-year-old children in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. BMC Oral Health. 2019 12 31; 20(1):1.