dentition

[ den-tish-uhn ]

noun

1. the makeup of a set of teeth including their kind, number, and arrangement.
2. the eruption or cutting of the teeth; teething; odontiasis.

dentition

/ dɛnˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. the arrangement, type, and number of the teeth in a particular species. Man has a primary dentition of deciduous teeth and a secondary dentition of permanent teeth
2. teething or the time or process of teething

dentition

/ dĕn-tĭsh′ən /

1. The type, number, and arrangement of teeth in an animal species. In mammals, dentition consists of several different types of teeth, including incisors, canines, and molars. The dentition of toothed fish and reptiles usually consists of only one kind of tooth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dentition¹

1605–15; < Latin dentītiōn- (stem of dentītiō), equivalent to dentīt ( us ) (past participle of dentīre to cut teeth, teethe) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of dentition¹

C17: from Latin dentītiō a teething

Example Sentences

While the three species boasted distinct dentition and probably had somewhat different diets, it’s not clear what they actually did eat from the shape of their teeth alone, Eberle says.

From Popular-Science

The imperfections of the mouth, resulting of a bad dentition, are stricken away by the application of the interchanging Thooth.

From Project Gutenberg

Such cases are merely instances of irregularity in the time of dentition, and carry with them no particular significance.

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Parents ought to carefully attend to the childs second dentition.

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The generic differences are based upon the comparative lengths of the tail, and upon the dentition.

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Now these correspondences are the more striking when we bear in mind that a similar dentition is often put to very different uses.

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