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edentulous
adjective
medical specializeduk /iˈden.tʃə.ləs/ us /iˈden.tʃə.ləs/
not having any teeth:
This approach to management may be inappropriate for edentulous patients.
Edentulous patients should remove dentures when not in use.
The recommendations apply to patients of all ages, both dentate and edentulous.
There are many patients who cannot take other types of food because they are edentulous.
Special efforts were made to identify the predisposing factors for ingestion of foreign bodies, including edentulous patients with dentures.
She became edentulous as a result of the acidic erosion of her teeth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The teeth
baby tooth
buck-toothed
cementum
centric
cingulum
coronal
erupt
interdental
labially
lingually
mesially
milk tooth
molar
odontoblast
pulpal
rictus
snaggle-toothed
snaggled
through clenched teeth
wisdom tooth
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