Explore Dentition through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like teething or teeth. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dentition in a sentence
Dentition meaning
- The set of natural teeth of an individual
- The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual
- An arrangement in an organism or object of projections that resemble teeth
Synonyms of Dentition
Using Dentition
- The main meaning on this page is: The set of natural teeth of an individual | The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual | An arrangement in an organism or object of projections that resemble teeth
- Useful related words include: teething, teeth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
- In the example corpus, dentition often appears in combinations such as: the dentition, dentition and, in dentition.
Context around Dentition
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dentition
- In this selection, "dentition" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, description, behaviour, carnivorous, set, manatees and consists stand out and add context to how "dentition" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include additionally its dentition set the and and behaviour dentition as illustrated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dentition" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dentition
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dentition Manatees have four rows of teeth. (7 words)
Dentition Most bovids bear 30 to 32 teeth. (8 words)
Tiger dentition (above) and Asian black bear (below). (8 words)
A number of Cubans currently in the Cayman Islands, some of whom have now been in dentition for more than two years, have applied for asylum, claiming that they are members of the unofficial opposition Cuban National Party (PNC). (39 words)
The teeth are not well-suited to tearing flesh off of large prey items as is the dentition and claws of many mammalian carnivores, the hooked bills and talons of raptorial birds, or the serrated teeth of sharks. (38 words)
Description Dentition, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural History Virginia opossums can vary considerably in size, with larger specimens found to the north of the opossum's range and smaller specimens in the tropics. (36 words)
Example sentences (18)
Additionally, its dentition set the species apart, with just four tri-pointed teeth on either jaw side—an unprecedented configuration among its relatives.
Only cows with horns so wide apart the kazigo on display was looking like a mere flossing gap in the dentition.
A number of Cubans currently in the Cayman Islands, some of whom have now been in dentition for more than two years, have applied for asylum, claiming that they are members of the unofficial opposition Cuban National Party (PNC).
Dentition Manatees have four rows of teeth.
Dentition Most bovids bear 30 to 32 teeth.
Description Dentition, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural History Virginia opossums can vary considerably in size, with larger specimens found to the north of the opossum's range and smaller specimens in the tropics.
Ecology and behaviour Dentition, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural History The platypus is very difficult to spot even on the surface of a river.
However, vision in this species appears to be more suited for short-range. citation Tusks and dentition The most prominent feature of the walrus is its long tusks.
Other changes include the reduction in size or loss of tail fins, the closure of gill slits, thickening of the skin, the development of eyelids, and certain changes in dentition and tongue structure.
Owen and Pemberton, p. 64. It has a "highly carnivorous dentition and trophic adaptations for bone consumption".
Problems with dentition for horses in work can result in poor performance or behavioural issues, and must be ruled out as the cause of negative behaviours in horse.
Some have criticized these occlusal reorganizations as having no evidence base, and irreversibly damaging the dentition on top of the damage already caused by bruxism.
Spotte notes that the candiru does not possess the right teeth or strong enough dentition to have been capable of this.
Teeth The canines of Suinas develop into tusks The dentition of artiodactyls varies between species; it can, however, discern two trends.
The animal's dentition consists of the incisors and cheek teeth (a single premolar and four molars on each jaw), which are separated by a large gap (a characteristic feature of herbivorous mammals).
The evidence to show this is that the dentition (teeth) of the baby mammoth had not yet fully developed to chew grass.
The teeth are not well-suited to tearing flesh off of large prey items as is the dentition and claws of many mammalian carnivores, the hooked bills and talons of raptorial birds, or the serrated teeth of sharks.
Tiger dentition (above) and Asian black bear (below).
Common combinations with dentition
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the dentition 5×
- dentition and 3×
- in dentition 2×
- dentition for 2×
- dentition as 2×