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ADULT TOOTH [1 record]

Record 1 2024-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Mouth
DEF

[One] of 32 teeth belonging to the second, or permanent, dentition ...

OBS

permanent tooth: The English and Latin designations are found in the plural (permanent teeth, dentes permanentes) in the Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • permanent teeth
  • dentes permanentes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
  • Cavité buccale
CONT

Les dents permanentes de chaque hémimandibule et hémimaxillaire comprennent deux incisives, une canine, deux prémolaires et trois molaires. Les troisièmes molaires sont communément dénommées «dents de sagesse».

OBS

dent permanente : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

La désignation latine se trouve au pluriel (dentes permanentes) dans la Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • dentes permanentes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
  • Boca
OBS

diente permanente; diente definitivo: Términos utilizados generalmente en plural.

Key term(s)
  • dientes permanentes
  • dientes definitivos
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