See Also: dens lacteus(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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dens lacteus (medicine)


dens lacteus -->
deciduous tooth


A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life.

Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth.