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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:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemistry chemically induced
classification congenital
complications diet therapy
diagnosis drug therapy
economics ethnology
embryology enzymology
epidemiology etiology
genetics history
immunology metabolism
microbiology mortality
nursing pathology
prevention & control physiopathology
parasitology psychology
radiography rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging radiotherapy
surgery therapy
ultrastructure urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   3756 
Unique Identifier:   D003741 

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