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aberrant tooth |
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abutment, tooth |
dent-pilier, dent d'ancrage |
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| a tooth or teeth selected to support a prosthesis on the basis of the total surface areas of a healthy attachment apparatus. |
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angle, tooth |
angle formé par deux faces d'une dent |
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axial tooth rotation |
rotation axiale |
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band, tooth (embryol.) |
lame dentaire |
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canine, canine tooth, cuspid, eyetooth, eye tooth, sectorial tooth, dogtooth |
canine, dent de l'oeil |
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| (cuspid), one of the four pointed teeth in human beings, situated one on each side of each jaw, distal to the lateral incisor; forms the keystone of the arch. The term canine is increasingly preferred to cuspid. |
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caries, dental; tooth decay |
carie dentaire |
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| an infectious disease with progressive destruction of tooth substance, beginning on the external surface by demineralization of enamel or exposed cementum. |
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ceramic tooth pivot |
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crown (head of tooth) |
couronne, coiffe |
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| that portion of a human tooth covered by enamel. |
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disease, St. Appolonia's; toothache |
mal de dents |
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| pain located in the tooth or its surrounding supporting tissues. Dental pain may have a halo effect, making location of the precise source or location of the pain difficult. Determining the location may require several diagnostic tests. |
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drifting, tooth migration |
déplacement, migration |
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embedded tooth |
dent incluse, rétention dentaire |
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follicle, dental; follicle, tooth- |
follicule dentaire |
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| the small sac that contains and protects a developing tooth prior to its emergence from the gingiva. |
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fracture, tooth |
fracture dentaire |
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| traumatic injury to a tooth that manifests itself as a chip, crack, or break. Manifestations may also include dislocation or complete displacement of a tooth. |
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neck of tooth (cervix dentis) |
collet d'une dent |
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partial denture, tooth-borne |
prothèse partieile à appui dentaire |
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| a partial denture that is supported entirely by the teeth that bound the edentulous area covered by the base. |
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porcelain tooth; ceramic artificial tooth |
dent de porcelaine |
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position, tooth |
position de la dent |
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| the placement or location of the tooth in the dental arch in relation to the bone of the alveolar process, its adjacent teeth, and the opposing dentition. |
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position, tooth-, irregular; malposition of teeth |
malposition dentaire |
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| an improper position of teeth in relationship to the basal bone of the alveolar process, to adjacent teeth, or to opposing teeth. |
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preparation of a tooth |
préparation d'une dent |
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