Anatomy

Dentition

The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Dentition referring to the deciduous teeth is DENTITION, PRIMARY; to the permanent teeth, DENTITION, PERMANENT. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)

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The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Dentition referring to the deciduous teeth is DENTITION, PRIMARY; to the permanent teeth, DENTITION, PERMANENT. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)

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general or unspecified; prefer DENTITION, PRIMARY; DENTITION, PERMANENT; or DENTITION, MIXED; differentiate from TOOTH

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  1. A03w.556w.500w.379w
  2. A14w.549w.167w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Dentition. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003817. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003817
  2. Dentition. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentition
  3. Dentition. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641973