"Tooth Migration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The movement of teeth into altered positions in relationship to the basal bone of the ALVEOLAR PROCESS and to adjoining and opposing teeth as a result of loss of approximating or opposing teeth, occlusal interferences, habits, inflammatory and dystrophic disease of the attaching and supporting structures of the teeth. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D014085
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.714.836 G10.549.235.803
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