| IADR | International Association for Dental Research |
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| IDL | Index to Dental Literature; interface definition language; intermediate density lipoprotein; interme... |
| LDS | Licentiate in Dental Surgery; locked door seclusion |
| LDSc | Licentiate in Dental Science |
| MChD | Master of Dental Surgery |
| external dental epithelium | External enamel epithelium, the cuboidal cells of the outer layer of the odontogenic organ of a developing tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| faculty, dental | The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a dental school. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fees, dental | Amounts charged to the patient as payer for dental services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| laboratories, dental | Facilities in which the dentist or his auxiliaries perform services related to treatment not done directly in the patient's mouth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Flower's dental index | Relation of the dental length (distance from the mesial surface of the first premolar to the distal surface of the third molar) to the basinasal (basion to nasion) length: (dental length ×100)/basinasal length, a system of numbers for indicating comparative size of the teeth. Synonym: Flower's dental index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| focal infection, dental | Secondary or systemic infections due to dissemination throughout the body of microorganisms whose primary focus of infection lies in the periodontal tissues. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, dental | Laws and regulations pertaining to the field of dentistry, proposed for enactment or recently enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licensure, dental | The granting of a license to practice dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |