Disease or Syndrome
dental deposit
den·tal de·pos·it
Subclass of:
Tooth Diseases
Definitions related to dental deposits:
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Hard or soft material deposited on a tooth surface, such as dental calculus or plaque and materia alba.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Accumulations of microflora that lead to pathological plaque and calculus which cause PERIODONTAL DISEASES. It can be considered a type of BIOFILMS. It is subtly distinguished from the protective DENTAL PELLICLE.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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