dentition

• He opened his mouth wide to show the full extent of Cheorka dentition, tossed the invisible morsel in, and bit down. —  AnalogSFF,December2007
• It seems that delayed eruption of the adult dentition is a shared feature of the clade: Wilhelm Leche had noted as early as 1907 that tenrecs and golden moles retained their deciduous teeth until very late in their lives, as is well known for hyraxes (they still have milk teeth at age 6, despite only living for about 12 years), sirenians and elephants. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
• Such cases are merely instances of irregularity in the time of dentition, and carry with them no particular significance. —  The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
• The period of final dentition is a time which renders it peculiarly susceptible Dupaul states that the infection is transmissible through the atmosphere for several hundred yards. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
• Beginning at the age of the second dentition, the bones of jaw, nose, throat, and chest are undergoing important changes--nasal occlusion. —  Civics and Health

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