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  • noun Plural form of cuspid.

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Examples

  • Canine teeth Also called cuspids, dog teeth, and eye teeth.

    Chapter 8 1983

  • I imagined the Tooth Fairy to have those empty glass jar lamps that hold seashells, only hers would hold thousands of tiny cuspids.

    HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010

  • Some of the most compelling characters in literature and on screen have featured extra long cuspids.

    Tory Burch: Vampires: Once Bitten 2010

  • Some of the most compelling characters in literature and on screen have featured extra long cuspids.

    Tory Burch: Vampires: Once Bitten 2010

  • One of my cuspids was lodged in my sinuses, and it was extracted the hard way.

    Of maps and missions 2009

  • I am 38. my perment cuspids moved forward and my baby cuspids where bonded to look bigger.

    Congenitally Missing Permanent Teeth Dr. Dean Brandon 2007

  • Overnight, it seems, my bottom cuspids have mangled themselves, crooked, I suppose.

    My dream-- stream of consciousness dudemanflab 2007

  • Sometimes teeth do not erupt on their own often cuspids that are ectopic and need orthodontic treatment to help them come in properly.

    Mesiodens, or Extra Tooth Dr. Dean Brandon 2007

  • However, not unusual at all to have to "pull" down orthodontically impacted cuspids.

    Mesiodens, or Extra Tooth Dr. Dean Brandon 2007

  • After an orthodontic consultation, there are a few cases where these things need surgical intervention usually in conjunction with orthodontic treatment after the maxillary cuspids erupts age 12 usually.

    Eruption Hematoma (gums turning blue?) Dr. Dean Brandon 2006

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