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Preferred term

Tooth Cervix  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referred to as the cementoenamel junction (CEJ), the line at which the cementum covering the root of a tooth and the enamel of the tooth meet. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p530, p433)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • CEJ
  • Cementoenamel Junction
  • Cervix Dentis

In other languages

  • French

  • Collet de la dent
  • Collet dentaire
  • Collet des dents
  • Jonction cément-émail
  • Jonction émail-cément

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-W4M099MB-G

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