Can a medical man say just exactly from the necessarily hurried examination he must give of the mouth, and without a special dental knowledge, what constitutes a good dentition?
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Dentition
//dɛnˈtɪʃən//
Synonyms for "dentition" (24 found)
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31 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- dentició noun (set of natural teeth)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 牙列 noun (set of natural teeth)
- 牙列 noun (type and arrangement of normal teeth)
- 牙系 noun (set of natural teeth)
- 牙系 noun (type and arrangement of normal teeth)
Esperanto
1 entries- dentaro noun (set of natural teeth)
Finnish
4 entries- hammaskaava noun (type and arrangement of normal teeth)
- hammastus noun (arrangement that resembles teeth)
- hampaat noun (set of natural teeth)
- hampaat noun (type and arrangement of normal teeth)
French
1 entries- dentition noun (set of natural teeth)
Galician
4 entries- dentadura noun (set of natural teeth)
- dentame noun (set of natural teeth)
- dentamia noun (set of natural teeth)
- dentición noun (set of natural teeth)
Greek
2 entries- οδοντοστοιχία noun (set of natural teeth)
- οδοντοστοιχία noun (type and arrangement of normal teeth)
Irish
2 entries- déad noun (set of natural teeth)
- déadeagar noun (type and arrangement of normal teeth)
Italian
2 entries- dentizione noun (set of natural teeth)
- dentizione noun (type and arrangement of normal teeth)
Spanish
3 entries- caramera noun (set of natural teeth)
- dentadura noun (set of natural teeth)
- jachamenta noun (set of natural teeth)
Sample sentences
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As mentioned dentition of bivalves, i.e. teeth and sockets, occur on the vertical portion of the hinge plates of the two valves, which are in contact with each other when the shell is closed.
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