dentition
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- noun
- /dɛnˈtɪʃən/
- Specialized
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dentición
- Paleontologists study the dentition of fossils to understand the evolutionary history of species.
- mixed dentition
Examples
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The dentition of an animal can provide valuable insights into its diet and habits.
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Table 1 summarizes age, sex, cleft type, stage of dentition, Angle classification, overjet, and missing teeth for all of the children.
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Poor dentition precludes their use, and normally devices only last for about a year.
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So I managed to procure a database of dentition for various mammals.
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It has been found that even identical twins do not have identical dentition.
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In the dental examination, dental records made before death were compared to the dentitions of the unknown deceased.
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All of the children with CLP and six of the children without CLP were in mixed dentition; two children without CLP were in primary dentition.
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Sorup used transparent paper representations of a suspect's dentition and compared them with a life-size bite mark photograph in 1924.
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Dental professionals often assess dentition to determine the best treatment plan for their patients.
Synonyms
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The set of parts in a mouth used for biting and chewing, showing how many and where they are
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
dentition = dent (semi-transparent) = dent + ition
Same formation as sense 1: 'dent-' (tooth) + '-ition'; the meaning 'arrangement/number of teeth' is inferable by learners aware of dental vocabulary but not fully transparent to all learners.
Etymology
The word dentition comes from the Latin root dent meaning 'tooth', the same root you see in dentist and denture. So, dentition refers to the number, kind, and arrangement of teeth a person or animal has, which tells you how their teeth are set in the mouth.