Definitions for dental
ˈdɛn tlden·tal

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dentaladjective

   a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

2. dentaladjective

   of or relating to the teeth

   "dental floss"

3. dentaladjective

   of or relating to dentistry

   "dental student"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. dentaladjective

   of or concerning the teeth: dental care

   Etymology: From dentalis, from dens, from h₁d-ent-, participle of h₁ed-, perhaps from an older sense "bite".

2. dentaladjective

   of or concerning dentistry

   Etymology: From dentalis, from dens, from h₁d-ent-, participle of h₁ed-, perhaps from an older sense "bite".

3. dentaladjective

   made with the tongue touching the teeth: dental fricative

   Etymology: From dentalis, from dens, from h₁d-ent-, participle of h₁ed-, perhaps from an older sense "bite".

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dentaladjective

   of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery

   Etymology: [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]

2. Dentaladjective

   formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters

   Etymology: [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]

3. Dentaladjective

   an articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth

   Etymology: [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]

4. Dentaladjective

   a marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium

   Etymology: [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dental

   Pertaining to a tooth or teeth, or to odontology.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dental

   den′tal, adj. belonging to the teeth: produced by the aid of the teeth.—n. an articulation or letter pronounced chiefly with the teeth.—adj. Den′tary, belonging to dentition, bearing teeth.—n. the distal element of the jaw of vertebrates below mammals.—Dental engine, a mechanical appliance giving a rotary motion to a dentist's boring instruments. [L. dens, dentis, a tooth. See Tooth.]

Anagrams for dental »

1. lanted

How to pronounce dental?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dental in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dental in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of dental in a Sentence

1. Barbara Galland:

   For other children, jaw alignment may contribute and dental treatment is being developed to address this, other health factors such as obesity can also contribute to sleep-disordered breathing, another reason for developing effective approaches to address this complex health issue.

2. Laura Weyrich:

   In ancient dental calculus, we are able to find DNA from the microorganisms in the plaque, but also anything else that has gone into the mouth, including food or work items -- for example if ancient people were cutting rope with their teeth, we might be able to see the DNA from the plant material used to make the rope.

3. Frank Strietzel:

   If the patient will not follow the advice of the dentist, there is a risk of undetected inflammation around the implants, a dental implant is a foreign body like a prosthesis, which requires regular observation.

4. Brandy Wittenborn:

   I work at a pediatric dental office. I have a lot of kids that have underlying medical conditions. A lot of special needs patients that can't wear a mask. My husband, being a nephrologist, has patients with kidney disease, patients that require dialysis. And these patients that he sees are not healthy, have several underlying conditions, so we've had to live with almost two years of :' What if one of the kids brings Covid home from school, passes it along to my husband and I, even though he and I've been vaccinated for a while, if we do have a mild breakthrough case that we don't realize we're sick with, and he takes it into the dialysis center, into the hospital, or into the ICU ?

5. The Associated Press:

   CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The U.S. Soccer Federation had argued that the womens team was paid under the structure the players asked for in the last collective bargaining agreement and that they asked for a very different contract that offered them more benefits, whichthe mens players did not -- including guaranteed annual salaries, medical and dental insurance, paid child-care assistance, paid pregnancy and parental leave, severance benefits, salary continuation during periods of injury, access to a retirement plan, multiple bonuses and more.

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