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| bicuspid |
a tooth ending in two points. |
| bucktooth |
an upper front tooth that sticks out. |
| canine |
a pointed tooth between the front teeth and molars of many mammals. [1/3 definitions] |
| caries |
bone or tooth decay. |
| cell |
Cells are very, very small living things that make up every part of your body. Your skin, your bones, and your muscles, for example, are all made out of cells. Cells are also the building blocks of all other living things. A leaf, a tiger's tooth, a seed, the fur of a dog, an elephant's ear--every living thing you can think of is made out of cells. [1/2 definitions] |
| dentine |
the bony material underneath the enamel of a tooth that forms the main part of the tooth. Dentine is sensitive to heat, cold, and touch. |
| enamel |
the hard, shiny covering of a tooth. [1/4 definitions] |
| eyetooth |
a pointed tooth in the upper jaw, located beneath the eye. The eyeteeth are also called "canines." |
| fang |
a long, pointed tooth. Some animals use their fangs to hold and tear prey. Some snakes have hollow fangs through which they inject poison. |
| filling |
material used to fill a cavity in a tooth. [1/3 definitions] |
| fluorine |
a substance that is a chemical element. Fluorine combines easily with other elements to form compounds. Some of these compounds are used to prevent tooth decay. Fluorine is poisonous in its pure gas form. (symbol: F) |
| kill1 |
If you say your tooth is killing you, you mean that your tooth is causing you great pain. [1/5 definitions] |
| molar1 |
a large tooth located in the back of the mouth, with a broad biting surface used for grinding food. |
| pulp |
the soft, center part of a tooth. It contains nerves and blood vessels. [1/3 definitions] |
| root1 |
the part that attaches a hair, nail, or tooth to the body but cannot be seen. [1/9 definitions] |
| sweet tooth |
If you have a "sweet tooth," it means that you really like things like candy, ice cream, cake, frosting, syrup, or other sweet things to eat or drink. |
| teeth |
plural of "tooth." |
| tooth |
one of the hard, white, bony objects that grow in rows in the jaws of people and animals. Teeth are used for biting and chewing. [2/3 definitions] |
| toothache |
a pain in or close to a tooth. |
| tusk |
a long, large, pointed tooth that sticks out from the mouth of some animals. Tusks grow in pairs and may be used to find food or fight. Elephants, walruses, and wild boars have tusks. |
| wisdom tooth |
the last tooth on each side of both the upper and lower jaws of humans that is the last tooth to appear. A wisdom tooth can cause problems when there is not enough room for it to grow. |
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