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Tooth Injuries
Medical Definition: | Traumatic or other damage to teeth including fractures (TOOTH FRACTURES) or displacements (TOOTH LUXATION). |
Guide Notes: | GEN or unspecified; prefer /inj with specific tooth, as CUSPID /inj; also available are TOOTH FRACTURES & TOOTH AVULSION; DF: TOOTH INJ |
Previously Indexed: | Tooth/injuries (1966-1994) |
Tooth Avulsion - Partial or complete displacement of a tooth from its alveolar support. It is commonly the result of trauma. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p312) | |
Tooth Fractures - Break or rupture of a tooth or tooth root. |
Tooth Injuries Medical Definitions and Terms
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