Noun: dentition den'ti-shun
- The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
"The dentist examined the patient's dentition during the routine check-up";
- teeth
- The eruption through the gums of baby teeth
"The infant's irritability was due to dentition";
- teething, odontiasis
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