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# dentition

«dentition» in Mova's school dictionary: **the set of teeth in a mouth: how many teeth there are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dentition — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dentition is the set of teeth in a mouth: how many teeth there are, what kinds and how they are arranged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/#m1)

2) Dentition can mean the growing of teeth, especially in babies and children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A science word used in biology and by dentists. Scientists study an animal's dentition to learn what it eats: sharp canines for meat, flat molars for plants. Children have milk (baby) dentition and later permanent dentition. Phrases: milk dentition, permanent dentition, adult dentition.

### examples

- A lion's dentition has long sharp canines for tearing meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/#x1)
- Children's first dentition has 20 milk teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/#x2)
- The dentist checked my dentition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/#x3)
- A horse's dentition shows roughly how old it is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/#x4)
- Scientists studied the dinosaur's dentition to guess its diet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/#x5)
- Adult human dentition usually has 32 teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/#x6)

### note

Formal or scientific word; in everyday talk say "teeth". Usually uncountable. Related words: dental, dentist, denture. In number problems: humans have 20 milk teeth and usually 32 adult teeth, so adults have 12 more.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dentition» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dentition/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.