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Descriptor English:   Dental Deposits 
Descriptor Spanish:   Depósitos Dentarios 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Depósitos Dentários 
Synonyms English:   Materia Alba  
Tree Number:   C07.793.208
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   DF: DENT DEPOSITS
See Related English:   Biofilms
 
History Note English:   65; was in Cat C only 1965-74; MATERIA ALBA was heading 1965-86 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CH chemistry
CL classification CO complications
CN congenital DI diagnosis
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RA radiography RI radionuclide imaging
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
US ultrasonography UL ultrastructure
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   3756 
Unique Identifier:   D003741 

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