permanent tooth
noun
any of the 32 adult teeth that replace the 20 milk teeth.
Origin of permanent tooth
1First recorded in 1830–40
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How to use permanent tooth in a sentence
This ridge is absent or at most faintly indicated in the permanent tooth.
American Weasels | E. Raymond HallWhen the child is six years old the first permanent tooth appears just back of the last of the milk teeth.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerIn the molars, the final pattern is acquired, therefore, before the deciduous premolar has been replaced by the permanent tooth.
Evolution and Classification of the Pocket Gophers of the Subfamily Geomyinae | Robert J. Russell
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