What's the difference between dentition and odontiasis?
Dentition
Definition:
(n.) The development and cutting of teeth; teething.
(n.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Based on the findings of our recent longitudinal study on the abnormalities of the dentition in cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a hypothesis has been proposed, which makes it possible to predict time of onset of formation of supernumerary teeth and their location in the jaws.
(2) Eight macerated human child skulls with a dental age of approximately 9.5 years (mixed dentition) were consecutively subjected to an experimental standardized high-pull headgear traction system attached to the maxilla at the first permanent molar area via an immovable acrylic resin splint covering all teeth.
(3) The sample consisted of 102 Japanese families, each including both parents and one of their offspring, and on average all subjects had relatively well-aligned permanent dentitions.
(4) A comparative cephalometric and tomographic study prior to the treatment and after completion of the treatment revealed the following results: an improvement in the occlusal relationships due to both skeletal (an anterior mandibular displacement and an increase in the mandibular length) and dentoalveolar changes; it was possible to produce a growth stimulation of the mandibular condyle associated with a translation of the glenoid fossa by using an elastic activator; there was a direct correlation between the effects of the treatment and the age period of the patients (mixed dentition).
(5) "Hypophagia" may be caused by poor dentition, disease, or stress.
(6) In both dentitions almost all decay was untreated, indicating lack of dental treatment available due to the shortage of dental manpower.
(7) In spite of this fact, it has not been possible in this study to establish a significant correlation between previous dummy-sucking and the development of cross-bite in the permanent dentition.
(8) Baby bottle tooth decay is a unique pattern of dental caries (tooth decay) affecting the dentition of young children.
(9) Negative effects of a RPD on the remaining dentition can be prevented by adequate oral hygiene, which is supervised in a recall program with an individually adjusted interval.
(10) Moreover, heavy smokers and heavy drinkers with poor dentition and males with all three traits had a substantially higher risk than would have been expected, if the traits were considered additively.
(11) Allows recording of the entire dentition, alveolar bone continuity and surrounding structures, beyond comparison with the periapical technique.
(12) No differences in taste thresholds were found between denture wearers and subjects with natural dentition.
(13) Primary reservoirs of Streptococcus mutans were identified in a group of 21 adults with intact dentitions and good oral hygiene by obtaining multiple plaque samples from all available tooth surfaces.
(14) Suggestions were made to assist the clinician in achieving a better fit between the framework and dentition in removable partial dentures.
(15) The system involves a description of the highest level of Le Fort fracture on each side, a description of the fragment that carries the maxillary dentition, and a description of accompanying nasoethmoidal or mandibular fractures.
(16) Analyses of the data collected from the examination of 2,588 children aged 5-17 revealed that 55 percent were caries free in their permanent dentition and that the mean DMFS score was 2.86.
(17) Comparing with formerly reported data for adults, it was thought that the lateral excursions of children with primary dentition shifted more forward and more horizontally.
(18) The purpose of the present investigation was to describe the formation, maturation and eruption of the dentition, including supernumerary teeth in a sample of patients with cleidocranial dysplasia.
(19) Eighteen patients with advanced periodontal breakdown and indication for oral rehabilitation received periodontol treatment and their dentitions were restored with fixed bridgework.
(20) Secondary bone grafting of the maxilla in the mixed transitional dentition stage has become a well-accepted procedure in the surgical protocol for rehabilitation of patients with residual alveolar clefts.