mesial /me·si·al/ (me´ze-al) nearer the center of the dental arch.
mesial.
mesial (mē´zē
l),
me·si·al (m  z- l, -zhl)adj. 1. Of, in, near, or toward the middle. 2. Situated toward the middle of the front of the jaw along the curve of the dental arch. |
mesial.
See medial.
mesial (mē´zē
l),adj situated in the middle; median, toward the middle line of the body or toward the center line of each dental arch.
mesial migration,
n the drifting of teeth toward the midline or forward in each dental arch to produce crowding in the permanent dentition of an older adult.
mesial, unilateral,
adj mesiocclusion on one side.
mesial
situated in the middle; median; nearer the middle line of the body or nearer the center of the dental arch.
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