diastema

diastema /di·a·ste·ma/ (di?ah-ste´mah) pl. diaste´mata   [Gr.]

1. a space or cleft.

2. a space between two adjacent teeth in the same dental arch.

3. a narrow zone in the equatorial plane through which the cytosome divides in mitosis.

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di·a·ste·ma (d-stm)

n. pl. di·a·ste·ma·ta (-m-t)

1. A fissure or abnormal opening in a part, especially when congenital.

2. A gap or space between two adjacent teeth in the same dental arch.

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diastema (dī´stē´m),

n an abnormal space between two adjacent teeth in the same dental arch. The gap between the maxillary central incisors is very noticeable.

Dilaceration.

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diastema

a space or cleft, e.g. the space in the dental arch between the incisors and canines and cheek teeth. Called also interdental space.