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dens (dens) pl. den´tes [L.]
1. tooth. 2. a toothlike structure. 3. dens axis; the toothlike process that projects from the superior surface of the body of the axis, ascending to articulate with the atlas. dens in den´te a malformed tooth caused by invagination of the crown before it is calcified, giving the appearance of a “tooth within a tooth.”
dens in dente [den′tə] an anomaly of the teeth, found chiefly in the maxillary lateral incisors and characterized by invagination of the enamel. The condition causes a radiographic image suggestive of a tooth within a tooth. Also called dens invaginatus, gestant odontoma. Dens in Dente A maldeveloped tooth with an invaginated outer enamel epithelium of the odontogenic germ layer, which in its extreme form is grossly and radiologically malformed, appearing as a tooth in a tooth. In its mildest form, dens in dente occurs in 5% of the population
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