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Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
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A dental sound.
adjective
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Of or concerning the teeth, as in dental care.
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Of or concerning dentistry.
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Made with the tongue touching the teeth, as in dental fricative.
Examples of dental in a Sentence
Its dental formula (as that of Tragulus) is i., c. m.1 =34.
A school of medicine was opened in 1851, a dental school in 1901 and a school of law in 1870.
The dental formula is i.
A piece of cotton wool soaked in strong carbolic acid will relieve the pain of dental caries, but is useless in other forms of toothache.
The University of Tennessee, located mainly at Knoxville, has at Nashville its medical and dental departments.
The difference in formation between s and s is that the former is dental or alveolar, the latter is produced farther back and has .at least two varieties.
A kind of vulcanite which contains a large proportion of vermilion or other mineral pigment is used, under the name of dental rubber, for making artificial gums and supports for artificial teeth.
The dental formula varies from 1, c. $, 3 (total 28) in the hares and rabbits to i.
Reported use of fluoride toothpaste has a consistent effect in reducing dental caries across Europe using national data.
Possibly the European forms, in which the dental formula has been given as i., c. S, p, m.
Although showing some dental characters approximating to the porcupines, these rodents are regarded as allied to the Castoridae, although forming an isolated type.
StMarylebone contains a great number of hospitals, among which are the Middlesex, Mortimer Street; Throat Hospital and Dental Hospital and School, Great Portland Street; Lying-in and Ophthalmic Hospitals, Marylebone Road; Samaritan Hospital for women, Seymour Street; Consumption Hospital, Margaret Street; and the Home for incurable children, St John's Wood Road.
The sound was that of the unvoiced dental stop. The English t, however, is not dental but alveolar, being pronounced, as d also, not by putting the tongue against the teeth but against their sockets.
This difference is marked in the phonetic differentiation of the dental and the alveolar t by writing them respectively t and t.
The alveolar sound is frequent also in the languages of India, which possess both this and the dental sound.
In general dental characters, especially the retention of three pairs of molars, this genus approximates to the Leporidae, although in the absence of post-orbital processes and the pattern of the molars it departs less widely from the modern Ochotonidae than does Prolagus.
Titanotherium, of the Oligocene of the Dakotas and neighbouring districts, was a huge beast, with the hinder upper premolars similar in character to the molars, a pair of horn-cores, arising from the maxilla, overhanging the nose-cavity, four front and three hind toes, only twenty dorso-lumbar vertebrae, and an almost continuous and unbroken series of teeth, in which the canines are short; the dental formula being i.
The dental formula, when completely developed, is incisors i, canines o, premolars 31 molars - on each side, giving a total of 34 teeth.
Some, with the feet only slightly webbed, and the claws exceedingly small or altogether wanting on some of the toes, and also with some difference in dental characters, have been separated as a distinct genus, Aonyx.
The second most popular choice, Dental Update, was well adrift on 18% .
This project was an identity based group sculpture and involved the participants taking casts of their own faces with dental alginate.
A current cause for concern is the emission of mercury from dental amalgams.
Furthermore, many children with Cerebral Palsy must be given general anesthesia for routine dental care.
Aspiration - The use of a miniature vacuum system (called an aspirator) to remove saliva from the mouth whilst performing dental surgery.
Dentists routinely used high volume aspirators and were supported by a dental nurse in 11/12 sessions.
A young person with a cleft may need to wear dental braces earlier than most.
Unlike conventional bridgework, dental implant treatment does not involve destructive procedures to adjoining teeth.
The guide cannula will be held firmly in place using dental cement and protected by a stainless steel ring.
Thorough brushing by carers and the use of antibacterial gels and fluoride help to prevent dental caries and gum disease.
They are no more likely to cause dental caries than the lactose in cows ' milk based formulas.
Results The prevalence of dental caries, particularly untreated caries, was higher in South Asian children.
The Bengali tobacco cessation project is located at the Dental Institute, 6th floor, Turner Street E1.
Regular dental checkups can help detect these conditions early.
Patients continue to have a wide choice in how they wish to pay for dental treatment.
The ceramic particles in dental restorative composites are coated with a silane coupling agent to improve their adhesion to the resin matrix.
He was awaiting confirmation of a named contact in NICE for dental issues.
Dental veneer is a thin covering for the outer portion of your teeth.
Kept dental dams in the glove box, grew the hair under your arms to a mousey fuzz.
Dr. Clive Gibson is deputy postgraduate dental dean in the West Midlands.
More than half of all five year olds in the area have untreated dental decay.
Beyond contracting with smith is a carries the California delta dental insurance titles.
The NHS dental services has undergone many changes in the last 10 years altering the way dentists work and are funded.
Fluoridation does not address the real causes of tooth decay - poor dental hygiene and excessive refined sugar consumption.
Combines live action with classic Disney animation to illustrate proper dental hygiene for young audiences.
Private treatment is also available and the practice has a dental hygienist.
Future prospects would include office management or fully qualified dental hygienist.
I visit the dental hygienist every six months for a scrape and a prod.
Synopsis This reference should provide dental hygienists with basic nutrition principles, and applies these principles to dental hygiene practice.
I have got dental fillings done for less than $ 5 Canadian.
It was also a welcome opportunity for dental professionals to maintain their education, to meet old friends and to make new ones.