| MDS | Master of Dental Surgery; maternal deprivation syndrome; medical data screening; medical data system... |
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| REEDS | retention of tears, ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and strange hair, skin and teeth [syndrome] |
| WT | wall thickness; water temperature; wavelet transform; wild type [strain]; Wilms tumor; wisdom teeth;... |
| SET | Singlephoton Emission Tomography = SPECT |
| SPECT | Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography = SET |
| geminated teeth | <dentistry> A developmental anomaly arising from the attempted division of one tooth bud, resulting in incomplete formation of two teeth and usually manifest as a bifid crown upon a single root. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ratio of decayed and filled teeth | An index of decayed and filled permanent teeth per person, per full complement of 28 teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metal insert teeth | Prosthetic teeth containing metal cutting surfaces in the occlusal surfaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| migrating teeth | Teeth which are changing position under natural forces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plastic teeth | Artificial teeth constructed of synthetic resins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Corti's auditory teeth | Tooth-shaped formations or ridges occurring on the vestibular lip of the limbus lamina spiralis of the cochlear duct. Synonym: dentes acustici, Corti's auditory teeth, Huschke's auditory teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossbite teeth | Posterior teeth designed to permit the modified cusps of the upper teeth to be positioned in the fossae of the lower teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior teeth | <dentistry> Your bicuspids and molars. These are the teeth in the back of your mouth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| cutting teeth | The maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary teeth | <dentistry> The first set of teeth that develop in childhood. Synonym: deciduous teeth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| protruding teeth | Teeth extending beyond the normal contour of the dental arches; usually in an anterior direction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerotic teeth | Teeth that are naturally hard and resistant to caries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| screwdriver teeth | The teeth of congenital syphilis in which the incisal edge is notched and narrower than the cervical area. See: Hutchinson's crescentic notch. Synonym: notched teeth, screwdriver teeth, syphilitic teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary teeth | <dentistry> The permanent teeth, i.e. The second group of teeth to come in. (08 Jan 1998) |
| Horner's teeth | Incisor teeth having a horizontal hypoplastic groove. (05 Mar 2000) |