| FDI | first dorsal interosseous [muscle]; International Dental Federation [Federation Dentaire Internation... |
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| FDO | Fleet Dental Officer |
| FDS | Fellow in Dental Surgery; fiber duodenoscope; flexor digitorum superficialis |
| FDSRCSEng | Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| FFDSRCS | Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| 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) |
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| 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) |