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FLOATING TEETH [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
DEF

Teeth which have lost their supporting alveolar bone secondary to destructive processes of the mandible or alveolar ridges.

OBS

The resulting appearance, characterized by circumscribed cyst-like areas around the teeth, is typically found in reticuloendothelioses, especially eosinophilic granuloma and histiocytosis X.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
CONT

Dans l'histiocytose X, la lyse extensive des structures alvéolaires qui supportent les dents peut aboutir à des aspects radiologiques de « dents flottantes ».

Spanish

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