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Tooth Avulsion

Medical Definition: 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)
Guide Notes: partial or complete displacement of tooth from socket; coord IM with specific tooth /inj (IM)
Also Called: Dislocation, Tooth
Previously Indexed: specific tooth (1966-1969)

Tooth Avulsion Medical Definitions and Terms

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