Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Short dental root
Decreased length of dental roots
HP:0006336
What it means
Tooth root length more than 2 SD below mean, or subjectively apparently decreased tooth root length.
Rare diseases that can present with this5
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 length of tooth roots · Dental root hypoplasia · Dental root hypotrophy · Rhizomicry · Root dwarfism · Short dental roots · Short tooth roots · Underdeveloped dental roots
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