Denture

Introduction: Denture

Description of Denture

Denture: (1) An artificial substitute for missing natural teeth and adjacent tissues. SYN: artificial dentition. (2) Sometimes used to denote the dentition of animals.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Denture: appliance used as an artificial or prosthetic replacement for missing teeth and adjacent tissues; does not include crowns, dental abutments, nor artificial tooth.
Source: Diseases Database

Denture: appliance used as an artificial or prosthetic replacement for missing teeth and adjacent tissues; does not include crowns, dental abutments, nor artificial tooth.
Source: CRISP

Denture: An appliance used as an artificial or prosthetic replacement for missing teeth and adjacent tissues. It does not include $CROWNS$; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; nor TOOTH, ARTIFICIAL.
Source: MeSH 2007

Denture: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Denture:

• Substitute
• Teeth
• Teeth symptoms (886 causes)
• Teeth pain (7 causes)
• SYN
• Dentition
• Animals

Terms associated with Denture:

Terms Similar to Denture:

• Prosthetic teeth

Source: Diseases Database

More specific terms for Denture:

• Denture Design
• Denture Repair
• Denture Retention
• Denture Bases
• Denture Liners
• Denture Rebasing
• Denture, Complete
• Denture, Overlay
• Denture, Partial

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Denture

• Dental Prosthesis

Source - MeSH 2007

• dental prosthesis

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Denture

The following list attempts to classify Denture into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Dentistry
  • Prosthodontics
    • Dental Prosthesis
      • Dentures

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Equipment and Supplies
  • Prostheses and Implants
    • Dental Prosthesis
      • Dentures

External links related to: Denture

• Interventions for replacing missing teeth: different types of dental implants (Cochrane Review)
• Interventions for replacing missing teeth: denture chewing surface designs in edentulous people (Cochrane Review)
• Interventions for replacing missing teeth: preprosthetic surgery versus dental implants (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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