What's the difference between bicuspid and multicuspid?
Bicuspid
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Bicuspidate
(n.) One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) Operative intervention showed a dysplastic bicuspid aortic valve with a membrane that covered the left coronary ostium.
(2) In the remainder a wide spectrum of abnormalities was found such as prolapse of the mitral valve (in 13.6%), bicuspid aortal valve with a medium regurgitation (4.5%), hypoplasia of the coronary cusp of the aortal valve (4.5%), dilatation of the ascending aorta with a residual significant stenosis at the site after operation of coarctation of the thoracic aorta (4.5%), subaortal defect of the interventricular septum (4.5%) and slight left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with arterial hypertension (9.1%).
(3) A 25 year old female with bicuspid aortic valve and aortic stenosis developed infectious endocarditis due to beta hemolytic streptococcus.
(4) Five patients with bicuspid aortic valves showed mitral valve diastolic flutter indicative of aortic regurgitation.
(5) A 23-year-old Japanese male with no evidence of previous heart disease was presented with bicuspid aortic valve and a life threatening acute aortic regurgitation due to subacute bacterial endocarditis.
(6) The mesiobuccal site on the first molar was compared to the mesiopalatal and direct buccal sites on the molar and the distobuccal site on the second bicuspid.
(7) The infection was associated with Fallot's tetralogy in 10 patients (17%), ventricular septal defect in 7 (4%), bicuspid aortic valve in 7 (16%), coarctation of the aorta in 6 (8%), atrial septal defects in 2 (1%), and patent ductus arteriosus and pulmonary artery branch stenosis in 1 patient each.
(8) After three days (baseline), marginal periodontitis was induced by tying silk ligatures at the gingival margins of maxillary and mandibular bicuspids and molars.
(9) This work shows the results of mechanical strength tests effected over first superior bicuspids before endodontically treated.
(10) The congenital bicuspid aortic valves usually become stenotic with severe calcification or regurgitant due to infective endocarditis (IE).
(11) The maxillary first molar--second bicuspid region was studied in patients with gingivitis and periodontitis.
(12) A case with a firm asymptomatic nodule of 1 cm diameter on the gingiva between the left upper cuspid and first bicuspid is presented.
(13) The idea of that early treatment, functional appliances, upper molar and bicuspids distal movements, upper sagittal suture opening and other proceedings, reduce extraction practice is widely extended.
(14) After surgical scaling and root planing of eight bicuspid teeth, the apical end of the pockets was estimated using an occlusal stent and a periodontal probe, then marked with a blade.
(15) The analysis of the scannograms obtained demonstrates that the valves of the thoracic ducts are mainly bicuspid, have a typical infundibular form, their cuspides are fused, forming a mesentery-like fold on the duct wall.
(16) Under the oblique loading, by the mesial apex of bicuspid are borne the tensile stress and compress stress, the latter is larger than the former, and the sigma 2 is -75.0.
(17) Congenital bicuspid aortic valve is a risk factor of aortic dissection, but the case is rare in Japan.
(18) The association of this anomaly with a bicuspid aortic valve has not been emphasized and the possible clinical consequences of this combination of malformations have not been described.
(19) One case was associated with bicuspid aortic valve and another with organic aortic stenosis.
(20) A high absolute prevalence of bicuspid aortic valve (17.5%) and aortic coarctation (12.5%) were observed relative to comparable series.
Multicuspid
Definition:
(a.) Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the remaining four patients inaccurate echocardiographic diagnosis was due to the mistaken identification of clefts in redundant and multicuspid valves and of absent chordae that were thought to be ruptured chordae.