(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.
Tooth
Definition:
(n.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food.
(n.) Fig.: Taste; palate.
(n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.
(n.) A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.
(n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk.
(n.) An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant
(n.) one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome.
(n.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish.
(v. t.) To furnish with teeth.
(v. t.) To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.
(v. t.) To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4.
Example Sentences:
(1) However in the deciduous teeth from which the successional tooth germs were removed, the processes of tooth resorption was very different in individuals, the difference between tooth resorption in normal occlusal force and in decreased occlusal force was not clear.
(2) Of the 622 people interviewed, a large proportion (30.5%) believed that the first deciduous tooth should erupt between the age of 5-7 months; the next commonly mentioned time of tooth eruption was 7-9 months of age; and 50.3% of the respondents claimed to have seen a case of prematurely erupted primary teeth.
(3) 4) Parents imagined that fruit drinks, carbonated beverages and beverages with lactic acid promoted tooth decay.
(4) The method used in connection with the well known autoplastic reimplantation not only presents an alternative to the traditional apicoectomy but also provides additional stabilization of the tooth by lengthing the root with cocotostabile and biocompatible A1203 ceramic.
(5) In the aetiology the Periodontitis apicalis and wounds after tooth extractions are in the highest position.
(6) It is of special interest because it presented as a periapical pathosis associated with a nonvital tooth and emphasizes the value of routine histopathologic examination of tissue.
(7) An 11-year clinical and radiographic follow-up of an avulsed tooth, replanted within 15 minutes, has been presented.
(8) It has been 40 years since the first community in the United States added a regulated amount of fluoride to its public water supply to prevent tooth decay.
(9) The odontogenic origin of ameloblastomas is based largely on the similarity in histologic appearance between the tumor and the developing tooth organ.
(10) It was shown that: although the oral hygiene level was very low and no dental treatments were performed, caries level was very low--although gingivitis rate was high, advanced periodontitis rate was low--the frequency of interincisive diastema (one subject out of 4 in the 15-19 age group), the progressive decline of tooth cutting, a traditional practice, in town people but the large extent of cola use (one adult out of two).
(11) The primary aim of future work must still be directed toward preventing the formation of a gap between the restoration and the tooth.
(12) This experiment is to observe the effect of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) on orthodontic tooth movement of guinea pigs through transmission electron microscope (TEM).
(13) By scoring every section of a tooth in this way, an overview was obtained of the location of all caries lesions in the occlusal surface.
(14) In order to clarify the development of mandibular movements associated with growth and development of the stomatognathic system, we compared the mandibular movements of children with normal occlusion at different Hellman's dental age between IIA and IIIB, during tooth tapping movements using the following 7 different kinds of frequency; ad lib.
(15) It is not same to the stainless steel wire of traditional removable appliances which must be activated every time to produce a little tooth movement.
(16) Noxious conditioning stimulation of a tooth led to a temporary decrease of the threshold for the jaw-opening reflex elicited from a contralateral or adjacent tooth; only conditioning stimulation at an intensity producing a marked arousal reaction was effective in this respect.
(17) The tooth also gave a positive response to pulp-testing procedures, even though no new tissue could be demonstrated histologically.
(18) In eight consecutive patients referred to the University of Queensland Dental School for investigation of tooth surface loss, six had no measurable quantities of resting whole saliva, four had low values for stimulated saliva flow rates, and only two patients had buffer capacities within the normal range.
(19) (a) unaltered tooth, (b) access preparation, (c) instrumentation, (d) obturation, and (e) MOD cavity preparation; or 2.
(20) Probit analysis was used to derive the median age of tooth emergence.