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  2. Tooth loss - Wikipedia

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    Tooth loss is normal for deciduous teeth (baby teeth), when they are replaced by a person's adult teeth. Otherwise, losing teeth is undesirable and is the result of injury or disease, such as dental avulsion, tooth decay, and gum disease. The condition of being toothless or missing one or more teeth is called edentulism. Tooth loss has been ...

  3. Toothlessness - Wikipedia

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    With the loss of teeth, there is a decrease in this vertical dimension, as the mouth is allowed to overclose when there are no teeth present to block the further upward movement of the mandible towards the maxilla. This may contribute, as explained above, to a sunken-in appearance of the cheeks, because there is now "too much" cheek than is ...

  4. Weeping and gnashing of teeth - Wikipedia

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    Gnashing (חרק) of teeth (שנים) appears several times in the Old Testament, including three mentions in Psalms, one in Job and one in Lamentations. Lamentations says, of the Babylonian occupiers of Jerusalem, " שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ־שֵׁ֔ן ," "They hiss (שרק can also mean to weep) and gnash their teeth".

  5. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The attributed meaning is "a word that you say when you don't know what to say." The idea and invention of the word is credited to songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman . Agglutinative constructions

  6. Tooth decay - Wikipedia

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    The teeth most likely affected are the maxillary anterior teeth, but all teeth can be affected. [95] The name for this type of caries comes from the fact that the decay usually is a result of allowing children to fall asleep with sweetened liquids in their bottles or feeding children sweetened liquids multiple times during the day.

  7. Rotten, cracked, falling out: What are dreams about teeth ...

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    If you dream you don’t have any teeth: If a person looks in the mirror and has no teeth, the meaning would be more about appearance: You’re looking at yourself. If you dream you’re in braces:

  8. Regurgitation - Wikipedia

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    Regurgitation or regurgitate may refer to: Regurgitation (circulation) Regurgitation (digestion) Regurgitate (band), a Swedish goregrind band; See also.

  9. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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    Dental extraction forceps commonly used on teeth in the maxillary arch. Extractions are often categorized as "simple" or "surgical". Simple extractions are performed on teeth that are visible in the mouth, usually with the patient under local anaesthetic, and require only the use of instruments to elevate and/or grasp the visible portion of the ...