dentition

/dɛnˈtɪʃən/

Definitions of dentition

1. noun

   the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
   synonyms: odontiasis, teething

   types:

   precocious dentition

   teething at an earlier age than expected

   type of:

   development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

   (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
2. noun

   the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
   synonyms: teeth

   types:

   primary dentition

   dentition of deciduous teeth

   secondary dentition

   dentition of permanent teeth

   type of:

   set

   a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used