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  • However last visit the dentis saw the start od tooth decay on side teeth same on either side said she grinds her teeth.

    Sedative Drugs Used in Pediatric Dentistry Dr. Dean Brandon 2007

  • I took him to the dentis already and I'm waiting for another dentist appointment, but it is taking so long and he is not in pain or complaining that I'm starting to wonder if it is necessary to get it pulled out.

    Fractured Teeth, Knocked out Teeth, and other Pediatric Dental Accidents Dr. Dean Brandon 2006

  • _Indo_ ... _dente_ politum ', Prop II xxxi 12 (quoted above), and Statius _Sil_ III iii 94-95' Indi/dentis honos '.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • _Numidae ... dentis_ is high poetic diction: compare _Met_ XI 167-68

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • = Professor R.J. Tarrant points out to me the clear imitation of Prop II xxxi 12 'ualuae, Llbyci nobile dentis opus'.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • This is known as the cuticula dentis, or Nasmyth’s membrane, and is believed to be the last-formed layer of enamel derived from the adamantoblasts, which has not become calcified.

    XI. Splanchnology. 2a. The Mouth 1918

  • Although at one time the whole of the growing tooth is contained in the cavity of the alveolus, the latter never completely encloses it, since there is always an aperture over the top of the crown filled by soft tissue, by which the dental sac is connected with the surface of the gum, and which in the permanent teeth is called the gubernaculum dentis.

    XI. Splanchnology. 2a. The Mouth 1918

  • DEBILEM facito manu, debilem pede, coxa, tuber adstrue gibberum, lubricos quate dentis: vita dum superest, bene est.

    To Horace Maecenas 1912

  • Page 201 wunner deze dentis 'mens -- had retched fer it wid a pa'r er tongs w'at don't tu'n loose w'en dey ketches a holt.

    Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

  • Mars John, he seed I wuz 'stracted, an' he tole me fer ter go roun 'yere an' git sump'n 'put on it, an' de drug man he 'lowed dat I better have' er draw'd, an 'his wuds wuzzent more'n col' 'fo' wunner deze yer watchyoumaycollums -- wunner deze dentis 'mens -- had retched fer it wid a pa'r er tongs w'at don't tu'n loose w'en dey ketches a holt.

    Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878

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