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noun Dentistry.

a tooth in the front of the mouth; an incisor or cuspid.

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As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.
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For all of the bellyaching, tooth gnashing, and public wailing, Democrats have no one to blame but themselves.
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This award is fought over tooth-and-nail each year by political consultants from sea to shining sea.
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Spooky Tooth had reformed quite a while before I received the call and were touring quite often.
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That which is called nasality is caused by the failure of the tone to reach freely the anterior cavities of the nares.
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The exhaust-valve is exactly as when it was put in, worked by a rack-and-tooth segment.
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Its anterior portion is slender and thread-like, while the posterior portion is thicker (Fig. 112).
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An Irish housemaid who was sent to call a gentleman to dinner, found him engaged in using a tooth-brush.
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Because the people of God view themselves as bound by anterior engagements of his Church.
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