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DEN1 ES 



Dendrocelus 



belly 1. In biology, ba\ inched inti »l 



Dendrodentine 



ith- tissue]. In biology, a tooth-tissue 

 the blending of the dentine, enamel, and 

 cement of many teeth. 



Dendrostylc .tree; 



pillar] In gy, Huxley's term tor the stalk ol 



the tin hydj 



Denecke, Spirillum of. 

 Dengue >'• ■ Ind.] \ zymotic dis 



mittent fever, but much more 

 king pain in the head 

 Lin in th -. arthra] 



tarrhal inflammation of those mucous surfaces that 

 . to tlu . illen salivary glands and 

 nu nymatic . 



Denidation priv. ; nidus, a nest] . 



I luring involution after pregnancy, the process of dis- 

 inp . the superficial portion of 



the uterine mu< 

 Denis's Plasmin. A precipitate of uncoagulated Mood 



with ted with sodic chlorid. 



Denneth's System. atment, Methods of. 



Dennis's Operation. See Operati ns, Tabh 

 Denonvillier's Operation. See Operation*, Tabic of. 

 De nov. [' ••]• Anew. 



Dens [1. .:/>/.. D ntes~\. A tooth. See Teeth. 



Density [den'-sit | \densilas, thickness] . Closeness; 

 mess, lu electro-therapeutics, the amount of 

 electricity accumulated on a unit of surface. 

 Dent I 1 r.]. A tooth. 



Dentagra ien-ta f -grah) [dens, a tooth; >i]pa, a seizure], 

 i The a instrument for extracting teeth ; 



a tooth- forceps. 2. The term is also applied to tooth- 

 acb 

 Dental ns, a tooth : s v//., Dentis\ Pertain- 



g to tlit- teeth. D. Apparatus, the teeth, together 

 with the alveoli in which they are implanted, and the 

 jaw if artificial teeth. The instruments and 



ap; d in dental operations are like wis 



D. Arches, ai The ari 



teeth when arranged in their sockets in 



the ;, or tin- arch formed by the alveolar 



ich jaw. D. Arteries, the arteries supply- 



''. D. Atrophy, 



5< .', fhy of the Teeth. D. Bone, 



irtofatooth. D. Canals, the 



ill, and give passagi 



tli'' t enter the teeth at the 



exi ('mi, il. D. Caries, 



th. D. Cavity, cavitas pulpae ; cavum 



tale. The pulp- cavity. The cavity 



ital pulp in tl .r ol' a tooth. 



It- thai ..I :i ; it i, larger in 



than in old, and v. teeth suffi i 



r from me< banical orspon- 



times 1" impletely ob- 



D. Engine, a 



[870, bul 1111 



' I the 



I drills. It i- like a dental 



lai 



n. By 1 nts 



ight 



rlj forty-fii 



ntal 

 I J Excavator, an instrum 



D. Exostosi 



ptosis of the Teeth. D. File, a file manufactured 

 for operations on the teeth. See File, Dental. D. 

 Forceps. See Forceps tor Extracting Teeth. D. 

 Glands. See Gland. D. Groove, a furrow on the 

 lower border of the upper jaw early in fetal life, in 

 which tin- teeth are developed. D. Laboratory, a 

 room or place where the operations connected with 

 mechanical dentistry are performed. D. Necrosis, 

 odontonecrosis. See A'..- tis of the Teeth. D. Neu- 

 ralgia, a form of neuralgia the immediate exciting 

 cause of which is ow ing 1 < > some disease ol the • U nt.il 

 pulp. See Odontalgia. D. Organism, the organism 

 of the teeth; the organic structure of the-.,- organs; 

 the vital forces that govern them. D. Orthopedia, 

 the art of correcting deformity occasioned by irregular- 

 ity of the teeth, or other causes. See Irregularity of 

 the 'Teeth. D. Pathology, considers the causes and 

 different forms of the various diseases to which the teeth 

 are liable. D. Periostitis, periostitis dentium. In- 

 flammation of the dental periosteum or peridental 

 membrane. See Odontalgia, and Periodontitis. D. 

 Pulp, a soft, vascular, and highly sensitive sub- 

 stance, of a reddish -gray color, occupying the cavity of a 

 living tooth. It also constitutes the rudiment of a tooth. 

 The dental pulp is the principal blood-supply and 

 nerve-supply of the dentine. D. Pulp. Destruction 

 of; there are two nu-thods of destroying the pulp; one 

 by an operation, such as the use of a barbed brooch ; 

 the other by the application of some devitalizing agent, 

 as arsenious acid. D. Ridges, the projecting borders 

 of the primitive dental groove. D. Sac, the sac that 

 encloses the developing tooth in the embryo. D. 

 Surgeon (chirurgien dentiste), surgeon-dentist, one 

 who devotes himself to the study and treatment of the 

 diseases of the teeth, and their connections, and the 

 adoption of substitutes for them wlun, by age, a< cident 

 or disease, they are lost. D. Therapeutics, con- 

 siders the methods and medicaments used in the tl 

 ment of diseases of the teeth. D. tubuli, the tubes 

 occurring in the structure of the dentine. 



Dentalgia (den-tal'-je-ah) [dens, tooth; aXyoc, pain]. 

 Tooth-ache. 



Dentalis lapis (den-ta'-lis la'fis) [L.]. Salivary cal- 

 culus ; tartar of the teeth. 



Dentaphone [den' -taf-on) [dens, tooth ; <puvfi, sound]. 

 A modification of the audiphone, </. v., by means ,,f 

 which the sound waves are transmitted through the 

 bones of the head to the auditory apparatus. 



Dentarpaga {den-tar' '-pa-gah) [dens, tooth; 



hook]. An instrument for the extraction of teeth, 



Dentate (den / -ldt) \_</ens, a tooth]. In biology, ap- 

 plied to leavi -. wings, or other Rattened organs that 

 have their margins provided with acute teeth that point 

 directly outward from the margin. 



Dentatum [den ta / -tum) [!-]■ The dentate nucleus 

 of the cerebellum. D. olivae. See Dentoliva. 



Dentes [den' to 1 [ I ... tin- plural of dens\ Teeth. 



'//. D. acuti, tin- incisor teeth. D. adulti, the 

 teeth of second dentition. D. adversi, the inci 



teeth. D. angulares, the canine 01 CUSpid teeth, 50 



called, probably, because they are situated at the an- 

 gles of the alveolar arch, at the corners of the mouth, 

 or from the angular shape of their crowns. D. bicus- 

 pidati, bicuspid teeth. D. canini, the cuspid 01 

 nim 1 1 from their resemblam e to the 



1I1 of a dog. D. cariosi, carious teeth, D. colum- 

 ellares. the molar teeth. D. cuspidati, cuspid teeth. 

 D. exserti | . to thrust out], teeth that 



projei 1 or are in front of the dental arch, but applied 

 more particularly to the cuspidati. D. incisores, in- 

 D. lactei, the milk, temporary, or de 

 cidi Deciduous Teeth. D. molares, 



