"Dentition" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Dentition referring to the deciduous teeth is DENTITION, PRIMARY; to the permanent teeth, DENTITION, PERMANENT. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
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D003817
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.500.379 A14.549.167
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dentition" by people in Profiles.
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Full-Thickness Facial Pressure Injury and Buried Dentition from Prone Positioning in a Patient with COVID-19. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2021 Aug 01; 34(8):1-3.
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Worn is born: The role of the maxillo-mandibular relation in management of worn dentition. Med Hypotheses. 2017 Jul; 104:156-159.