Periapical Abscess

MeSH code information

• Name
  Periapical Abscess
• Concept
  Scope note: Acute or chronic inflammation of tissues surrounding the apical portion of a tooth, associated with the collection of pus, resulting from infection following pulp infection through a carious lesion or as a result of an injury causing pulp necrosis. (Dorland, 27th ed)
• Tree numbers
  • C01.830.025.650
  • C07.320.830.700.700
  • C07.465.714.306.700.700
  • C07.465.714.533.487.700
• Qualifiers
  diagnosis, parasitology, immunology, microbiology, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology, rehabilitation, enzymology, etiology, transmission, mortality, epidemiology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, congenital, diet therapy, drug therapy, therapy, psychology, urine, virology, veterinary, history, classification, economics, embryology, genetics, nursing, radiotherapy, ethnology, prevention & control, pathology, metabolism, complications, surgery