Dictionary Definition
dental adj
1 of or relating to the teeth; "dental
floss"
2 of or relating to dentistry; "dental
student"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From dental, derived from dens "tooth", from , participle of , perhaps from an older sense "bite".Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: den·tal
- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
dental- of or concerning the teeth: dental care
- of or concerning dentistry
- made with the tongue touching the teeth: dental fricative
Translations
of or concerning the teeth
- French: dentaire
- Greek: οδοντικός
of or concerning dentistry
- Greek: οδοντιατρικός
phonetics
- French: dental
- Greek: οδοντικός
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Croatian: (3) dental, (3) zubnik
Croatian
Noun
- a dentale
French
Etymology
Adjective
- dental
Extensive Definition
The word dental is used for things pertaining to
teeth and could refer
to:
http://www.naeemjeecorp.com/dental.htm Dental Instruments
Manufactuers & Exporters Dental Instruments, TC Instruments,
Veterinary Instruments and Scissors of All Sorts.
- Dental consonant, a linguistics term
- Dentistry, a
medical profession
- Dental
Auxiliary
- Dental hygienist, a licensed practitioner
- Dental technician
- Any of a variety of other dental professions, such as "Dental assistant", someone who works in a dentist's office, but may not be a licensed medical worker
- Dental
Auxiliary
- The American Dental Association
- Dental amalgam controversy
- dental brace
- dental cavities
- Dental consonant (linguistics)
- dental extraction
- dental restoration
- dental implants
- Dental alveolus
- Dental caries
- Dental dam
- Dental drill
- Dental emergency
- Dental fillings
- Dental floss
- Dental fluorosis
- Dental insurance
- Dental implant
- Dental Key
- Dental pellicle
- Dental phobia
- Dental plaque
- Dental porcelain
- Dental restoration
- Dental sealant
- Dental surgery
- Dentalize
- Open dental
Other uses:
- Dental Records, a record label
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accented, allopathic, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar,
apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bicuspid, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, chiropodic, chiropractic, clinical, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dentiform, dentoid, dissimilated, dorsal, exodontic, fanged, flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, guttural, hard, heavy, high, homeopathic, hydropathic, iatric, intonated, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, light, lingual, liquid, low, medical, mid, molar, monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, naturopathic, neurological, obstetric, occlusive, odontoid, open, orthodontic, orthopedic, osteopathic, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, pediatric, periodontic, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, posttonic, prosthodontic, retroflex, rounded, semivowel, snaggle-toothed,
snaggled, soft, sonant, stopped, stressed, strong, surd, surgical, syllabic, tense, thick, throaty, tonal, tonic, toothed, toothlike, toothy, tusked, twangy, unaccented, unrounded, unstressed, velar, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide