an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.
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Alveolar resorption
wasting of the bony socket
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an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.inflammation of the gums
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.(dentistry) a condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dentistry oral health.malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60
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Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and sock…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wasting, bony, socket.A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passage…
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