(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.
Toothpick
Definition:
(n.) A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
Example Sentences:
(1) On buccal tooth surfaces, the cleaning effect of a multitufted nylon brush was superior to that of a wooden toothpick or unwaxed dental floss.
(2) Sampling of S. mutans was performed with a toothpick method at the beginning of the study and after one and two years.
(3) When searching for gay parenting in kids' movies, I found the short film Family Restaurant , about a picky toothpick dispenser who thinks ketchup bottles shouldn't be allowed to date; he changes his tune after learning a valuable lesson from a little boy with two dads.
(4) The study consisted of three 4-wk periods with different hygienic measures: 1) no oral hygiene around and beneath the pontic, 2) thorough hygiene using toothbrush and toothpicks and 3) thorough hygiene using a toothbrush and dental floss every day.
(5) A foreign body (toothpick) lodged in the bladder and resulting in urinary infection and perivesical inflammation also was found to be capable of causing this unusual bladder deformity.
(6) The spectrum of toothpick injury to the gastrointestinal tract is illustrated by 5 patients who developed toothpick perforation of the gastrointestinal tract.
(7) Penetrating trauma, gunshot wounds and toothpick perforation of the duodenum are known aetiological factors.
(8) To do this follow the same method as above but, when you are stitching through the holes, hold a toothpick or matchstick on top of the button and stitch over it (a) - see illustration below).
(9) The older respondents used dental floss and toothpicks more often and brushed their teeth more regularly than those in the younger age group.
(10) Although there was no significant difference between the final scores of the toothpick groups, only the group that used gingival bleeding as a sign of disease showed a significant improvement in gingival health (P less than 0.003), and also had a fivefold higher rate of return of self-report compliance cards.
(11) In Gap stores, a Twitter account called @InMySkinnyDream chronicled Gap’s toothpick-legged dolls by the “Always Skinny” jean.
(12) Coins were found in 8 patients, toys in 3, pins and needles in 6, chicken bones and fish bones in 15, and toothpicks, shaving blades, cutlery, dentures, plastic bag containing cocaine, parts of a foam rubber mattress and other items in the remainder.
(13) 1% Chlorhexidine gel delivered by toothpick on interproximal areas had a limited effect on reduction of dental plaque.
(14) Three months later, clinical assessments indicated significantly less gingival bleeding for both toothpick groups as compared with the control (whose gingival health worsened).
(15) Both toothpick groups received identical instruction in toothpick technique, but one group was taught to use bleeding as an interpretive device for health.
(16) The ability to use toothpicks was checked and upgraded to the individual need.
(17) Then remove the toothpick before you wrap the thread around the stitching (b).
(18) In one case the duodenum was perforated by a toothpick, and hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract occurred 3 months later.
(19) Its shape looks like a toothpick and the width, thickness and length are 1.5mm, 0.7mm and 3 cm, respectively.
(20) All other aids to oral hygiene such as toothpicks, dental floss, interdental stimulators, mouthwashes etc.