| dentiroster | Origin: NL, fr. L. Dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F. Dentirostre. <zoology> A dentirostral bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dentirostral | <ornithology> Having a toothed bill; applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dentist | <specialist> A dental practioner specialised in the care and treatment of the teeth and gums. (08 Jan 1998) |
| dentist's practice patterns | Patterns of practice in dentistry related to diagnosis and treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentist-patient relations | The psychological relations between the dentist and patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentistical | Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dentistry | The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dentistry, operative | That phase of clinical dentistry concerned with the restoration of parts of existing teeth that are defective through disease, trauma, or abnormal development, to the state of normal function, health, and esthetics, including preventive, diagnostic, biological, mechanical, and therapeutic techniques, as well as material and instrument science and application. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentists | Individuals licensed to practice dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentists, women | Female dentists. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentition | <dentistry> The teeth in the dental arch, ordinarily used to designate the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Origin: L. Dentitio (18 Nov 1997) |
| dentition, mixed | The complement of teeth in the jaws after the eruption of some of the permanent teeth but before all the deciduous teeth are absent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentition, permanent | The 32 teeth of adulthood that either replace or are added to the complement of deciduous teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentition, primary | The teeth first in order or time of development that will be replaced by permanent dentition upon their loss. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentoalveolar | Usually, denoting that portion of the alveolar bone immediately about the teeth; used also to denote the functional unity of teeth and alveolar bone. (05 Mar 2000) |