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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɛnt^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdɛntəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(den′tl)

den•tal /ˈdɛntəl/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]

Dentistryof or relating to the teeth:dental care.
Dentistryof or relating to dentistry or a dentist:a dental surgeon.

See -dent-.

den•tal (den′tl),USA pronunciation adj.

Dentistryof or pertaining to the teeth.
Dentistryof or pertaining to dentistry or a dentist.
Phonetics
- Phonetics(of a speech sound) articulated with the tongue tip touching the back of the upper front teeth or immediately above them, as Frencht.
- Phoneticsalveolar, as Englisht.
- Phoneticsinterdental (def. 2).

Phoneticsa dental sound.

Medieval Latin dentālis, equivalent. to Latin dent- (stem of dēns) tooth + -ālis -al¹
1585–95

den•tal′i•ty, n.
den′tal•ly, adv.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

dental /ˈdɛnt^əl/ adj

of or relating to the teeth
of or relating to dentistry
- pronounced or articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the backs of the upper teeth, as for t in French tout

a dental consonant

Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dens tooth

'dental' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

amalgam - bacterial plaque - BDS - bridge - bur - DDS - dental floss - dental hygiene - dental plaque - dental surgeon - denture - edh - f - floss - LDS - mercury - oral hygiene - orthopaedics - plaque - stopping - theta - thorn - tooth - v - Ada - anterior - apicodental - B.D.S. - bridgework - B.S.D.Hyg. - calculus - caries - cariogenic - cavity - ceramist - cleoid - coronal - DC - D.D.Sc. - dent - dental caries - dental dam - dental hygienist - dentalium - dentalize - dental lisp - dentalman - dental plate - dental pulp - dental technician

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