See Also: contact surface of tooth(medicine)
distal surface of tooth(medicine)
mesial surface of tooth(medicine)
vestibular surface of tooth(medicine)
facial surface of tooth(medicine)
lingual surface of tooth(medicine)
surface-to-surface missile(dictionary)
Contact(medicine)
contact(2)(dictionary)
Contact Air(tourism)

balletic (oh) and contact surface of tooth (medicine)


balletic (oh)



movements that are balletic are graceful like the movements in ballet
::a balletic leap

contact surface of tooth (medicine)


contact surface of tooth


The surface of a tooth that faces an adjacent tooth in the dental arch; the contact surface that is closest to the anterior midline of the dental arch is the mesial surface of a tooth; that farthest is the distal surface.

Synonym: facies approximalis dentis, facies contactus dentis.