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Dentition

Meaning: The set of natural teeth in the mouth, including their number, type and arrangement.

In practice: By age six the child had a mixed dentition of baby and adult teeth.

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Which word means: Procedure removing the inflamed crown portion of a tooth's nerve tissue while leaving the root portion alive.

Which word means: A titanium post inserted into the jawbone to replace a missing tooth root.

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