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Noun: dentition  den'ti-shun
  1. The eruption through the gums of baby teeth
    - teething, odontiasis
     
  2. The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
    - teeth

Derived forms: dentitions

Type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, set

Part of: cakehole [Brit, informal], gob [Brit, informal], hole [informal], kisser [informal], maw [informal], mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, trap [informal], yap [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Dentition, primary