Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Hypoplasia of the tooth germ
Decreased size of tooth bud
HP:0006353
What it means
Developmental hypoplasia of the tooth germ, i.e., of the structure that forms in odontogenesis that will develop into a tooth.
Rare diseases that can present with this1
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Decreased size of tooth germ · Hypoplastic tooth buds · Hypotrophic tooth germ · Small tooth bud · Small tooth germ · Underdevelopment of tooth bud · Underdevelopment of tooth germ
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