Dentinogenesis Imperfecta
"Dentinogenesis Imperfecta" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An autosomal dominant disorder of tooth development characterized by opalescent dentin resulting in discoloration of the teeth. The dentin develops poorly with low mineral content while the pulp canal is obliterated.
| Descriptor ID |
D003811
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.650.800.270 C07.793.700.270 C16.131.850.800.270
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| Concept/Terms |
Opalescent Dentin- Opalescent Dentin
- Dentin, Opalescent
- Dentinogenesis Imperfecta 1
- Imperfecta 1, Dentinogenesis
- Capdepont Teeth
- Teeth, Capdepont
- Dentinogenesis Imperfecta, Shields Type II
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Transcriptional repression of the Dspp gene leads to dentinogenesis imperfecta phenotype in Col1a1-Trps1 transgenic mice. J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Aug; 27(8):1735-45.
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The carboxyl-terminal domain of phosphophoryn contains unique extended triplet amino acid repeat sequences forming ordered carboxyl-phosphate interaction ridges that may be essential in the biomineralization process. J Biol Chem. 1996 Dec 20; 271(51):32869-73.