| TPM | temporary pacemaker; thrombophlebitis migrans; total particulate matter; total passive motion; triph... |
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| TTD | temporary total disability; tissue tolerance dose; transient tic disorder; transverse thoracic diame... |
| TTS | tarsal tunnel syndrome; temporary threshold shift; through the scope; through the skin; tilt table s... |
| retarded dentition | Dentition in which growth phenomena such as calcification, elongation, and eruption occur later than in the average range of normal variation as a result of some systemic metabolic dysfunction (e.g., hypothyroidism). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mixed dentition | <dentistry> The situation when both deciduous and permanent teeth are present. (08 Jan 1998) |
| primary dentition | The set of 20 first (deciduous) teeth. The primary dentition is as opposed to the secondary (permanent) dentition. at birth, both sets of dentition are evident by X-ray. (12 Dec 1998) |
| secondary dentition | One of the 32 teeth belonging to the second or permanent dentition; eruption of the permanent teeth begins from the fifth to the seventh year, and is not completed until the seventeenth to the twenty-third year, when the last of the wisdom teeth appears. Synonym: dens permanens, dens succedaneus, second tooth, secondary dentition, succedaneous dentition, succedaneous tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| natural dentition | See: dentition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| succedaneous dentition | One of the 32 teeth belonging to the second or permanent dentition; eruption of the permanent teeth begins from the fifth to the seventh year, and is not completed until the seventeenth to the twenty-third year, when the last of the wisdom teeth appears. Synonym: dens permanens, dens succedaneus, second tooth, secondary dentition, succedaneous dentition, succedaneous tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deciduous dentition | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delayed dentition | Delayed eruption of the teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| first dentition | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |