dental plate
21Denture — An artificial set of teeth that can be removed. * * * 1. An artificial substitute for missing natural teeth and adjacent tissues. SYN: artificial dentition. 2. Sometimes used to denote the dentition of animals. bar joint d. SYN: overlay d..… …
22partial denture — noun a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch • Hypernyms: ↑denture, ↑dental plate, ↑plate * * * noun : a fixed or removable artificial replacement of one or more teeth in a dental arch * * * partial denture, an artificial… …
23glossohyal — lingual plate (a dermal toothed bone covering and sometimes fusing with the basihyal, e.g. in Osteoglossidae. Also called dermentoglossum, supralingual or basihyal dental plate) the median dermal toothed bone at the anterior of the hyoid series.… …
24speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… …
25Henry D. Cogswell — Dr. Henry Daniel Cogswell (March 3, 1820 ndash; July 8 1900) was a dentist and a crusader in the temperance movement. He and his wife Caroline also founded Cogswell College in Sunnyvale, California. Another campus in Everett, Washington was later …
26orthodontic appliance — an appliance used to move teeth as part of orthodontic treatment. A fixed appliance is fitted to the teeth by stainless steel bands or brackets that hold a special archwire, to perform complex tooth movements; it is used by dentists with… …
27dermentoglossum — lingual plate (a dermal toothed bone covering and sometimes fusing with the basihyal, e.g. in Osteoglossidae. Also called glossohyal, supralingual or basihyal dental plate) …
28os linguale plattum — (plural ossa lingualia plattum)) lingual plate (a dermal toothed bone covering and sometimes fusing with the basihyal, e.g. in Osteoglossidae. Also called glossohyal, dermentoglossum, supralingual or basihyal dental plate) …
29supralingual — lingual plate (a dermal toothed bone covering and sometimes fusing with the basihyal, e.g. in Osteoglossidae. Also called glossohyal, dermentoglossum, supralingual or basihyal dental plate) …
30false teeth — noun a removable denture • Hypernyms: ↑denture, ↑dental plate, ↑plate * * * a denture, esp. a pair of removable full dentures of both jaws. [1785 95] * * * false teeth noun Artificial teeth, dentures • • • Main Entry: ↑false …
