retarded dentition

[ rĭ-tär′dĭd ]

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Dentition in which processes such as calcification, growth, and eruption occur later than normal as a result of some systemic metabolic dysfunction.

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The imperfections of the mouth, resulting of a bad dentition, are stricken away by the application of the interchanging Thooth.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 9, 1919|Various
Such cases are merely instances of irregularity in the time of dentition, and carry with them no particular significance.
The Physical Life of Woman:|Dr. George H Napheys
Parents ought to carefully attend to the childs second dentition.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians|William K. David
The generic differences are based upon the comparative lengths of the tail, and upon the dentition.
Mythical Monsters|Charles Gould

Now these correspondences are the more striking when we bear in mind that a similar dentition is often put to very different uses.
On the Genesis of Species|St. George Mivart