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Edentulous vs Dentulous - What's the difference?

edentulous | dentulous |

Dentulous is a antonym of edentulous.



As adjectives the difference between edentulous and dentulous

is that edentulous is toothless while dentulous is having natural teeth.

edentulous

English

Adjective

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  • (sciences) Toothless
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2000 , author=Patrick J. Stevens et al. , title=Implant Prosthodontics: Clinical and Laboratory Procedures , chapter=7 , isbn=081513567X , page=87 , passage=Partial edentulism has traditionally been treated with conventional fixed prosthetics when adequate natural tooth abutments are available to support the edentulous span.}}

    Usage notes

    * An edentulous animal is one that is missing teeth it normally has. An animal that normally has no teeth, such as an anteater, is edentate.

    Antonyms

    * dentulous

    dentulous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (usually, medicine, or, zoology) Having natural teeth.
  • * 1874 June, W. C. Barrett, "The Anatomical and Histological Structure of Deciduous Teeth," Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York , p. 121 (Google preview):
    • The teeth of such of the reptiles as are dentulous , are simple organs of prehension, and not intended for mastication.
  • * 1979 , William A. Clemens and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, "Multituberculata," in Jason A. Lillegraven et al.'' (eds.), ''Mesozoic Mammals , ISBN 9780520039513, p. 112 (Google preview):
    • No dentulous jaws of multituberculates found in deposits of Early Cretaceous age have yet been described.
  • * 2011 , K. J. Lee and Elizabeth H. Toh (eds.), Otolaryngology: A Surgical Notebook , ISBN 9781604064780, p. 71 (Google preview):
    • Edentulous patients with an atrophic mandible require a different plating strategy than dentulous patients who have a greater amount of bone.

    Antonyms

    * edentulous

    References

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