| mesial | <dentistry> Forward or front. For example your cuspid is medial to you bicuspid. The medial surface of your bicuspid is the part of the bicuspid closest to your cuspid. (08 Jan 1998) |
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| mesial angle | The angle formed by the meeting of the mesial with the labial (or buccal) or lingual surface of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesial caries | Caries on the tooth surface that is directed toward the median plane of the dental arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesial displacement | Malposition of a tooth mesial to normal, in an anterior direction following the curvature of the dental arch. Synonym: mesial displacement, mesioplacement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesial occlusion | Occlusion in which the mandibular teeth articulate with the maxillary teeth in a position anterior to normal. Synonym: anterior occlusion, mesio-occlusion. Synonym: mesioclusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesial surface of tooth | The contact surface of a tooth that is directed toward the median plane of the dental arch; opposite to the facies distalis dentis. Synonym: facies mesialis dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesially | <anatomy> In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |