dentition

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The discovery of teeth on the tenaculum has reopened that debate, prompting researchers to ask how widespread such features might be and what they reveal about the history of vertebrate dentition.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025

More baby boomers reached 60 with “a relatively intact dentition at that age than any generation in history,” the CDC says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Imagine a walrus-like creature with dentition remarkably similar to modern walruses: A quartet of post-canine teeth, a large lower canine tooth and a short, fused vertical midline on their lower jaw.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

The fossil dolphin’s dentition was unlike anything seen in living cetaceans.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Den′tary, belonging to dentition, bearing teeth.—n. the distal element of the jaw of vertebrates below mammals.—Dental engine, a mechanical appliance giving a rotary motion to a dentist's boring instruments.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various