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crête palatïne, strie palatine |
ridge, palatine; palatine raphe |
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crête transversale |
ridge, transverse |
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| an elevation that connects the buccal and lingual cusps and extends crosswise over the occlusal table of mandibular and maxillary posterior teeth. |
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crête triangulaire |
ridge, triangular |
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| an elevation on a posterior tooth that extends from the tip of the cusp to the center of the occlusal table. |
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crête, rebord |
crest |
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| a projecting ridge or structure |
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crêtes d'insertion du masseter |
tuberositas masseterica; tuberosity, masseteric |
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crêtes palatines |
plicae palatinae transversae |
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crêtes palatines |
crest, palatine |
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crêtes palatines, stries palatines |
ridges, palatine, transverse |
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crêtes palatines, stries palatines, bunoïdes |
rugae palatinae |
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creuset |
crucible |
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| a vessel or container that will withstand high heat and is used for melting or holding material. |
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creux, recessus, rétraction, retrait |
recession |
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| a moving back or withdrawal. |
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crib de Jackson, crochet de Jackson |
Jackson crib (Orthodont.) |
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crochet |
clasp |
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| an extracoronal direct retainer of a removable partial denture, usually consisting of two arms, a retentive arm and a reciprocal arm, joined by a body that may connect with an occlusal rest. |
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crochet à bras, ~ à potence |
clasp, bar |
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| a clasp with arms that are bar-type extensions from major connectors or from within the denture base; the arms pass adjacent to the soft tissues and approach the point of contact on the tooth in a cervicoocclusal direction. |
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crochet à un bras |
clasp, single-arm |
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crochet combiné |
clasp, combination |
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| a clasp that employs a wrought-wire retentive arm and a cast reciprocal or stabilizing arm. A clasp that employs a bar type of retentive arm and a cast reciprocal or stabilizing arm. |
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crochet continu |
Kennedy bar |
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crochet continu |
retainer, continuous bar |
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| a metal bar that is attached to a major connector and contacts lingual surfaces of anterior teeth, on or incisal to the cingula; it aids in the stabilization of a distal extension removable partial denture. |
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crochet continu |
clasp, continuous; continuous beam, continuous bar retainer |
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| a secondary lingual bar. |
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crochet coulé |
clasp, cast; wrought clasp |
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| a clasp made of an alloy that has been cast into the desired form and retains its crystalline structure. |
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