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Noun: dentition  den'ti-shun
  1. The eruption through the gums of baby teeth
    - teething, odontiasis
     
  2. The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
    - teeth

Derived forms: dentitions

Type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, set

Part of: mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris

Encyclopedia: Dentition Dentition, permanent Dentition, primary

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