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Definition of Interdental
1. a. Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.
Definition of Interdental
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the space between the teeth ¹
2. Adjective. (Phonetics) Pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Interdental
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Interdental
1. 1. Between the teeth. 2. Denoting the relationship between the proximal surfaces of the teeth of the same arch. Origin: inter-+ L. Dens, tooth (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interdental
Literary usage of Interdental
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1920)
"interdental SPLINTS. AN interdental splint is an appliance made of either metal or
... interdental splints in conjunction with submental compressors and ..."
2. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"As the author of this work has stated (page 160), gutta-percha, or gum resins,
may be used as temporary interdental splints very conveniently, ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"rafting, November 24, 1914, Case i, showing interdental splint. maxilla. This poor
treatment is due, first, to ignorance on the part of the general surgeon ..."
4. A Treatise on Oral Deformities as a Branch of Mechanical Surgery by Norman William Kingsley (1880)
"interdental SPLINTS. interdental splints have been the occasional recourse of
surgeons for a hundred years. They were first recommended by Chopart and ..."
5. Buffalo Medical Journal (1867)
"Treatment of Fractures of the Lower Jaw by interdental Splints. ... The introduction
of interdental splints is designed to ..."
6. Cyclopædia of the Diseases of Children: Medical and Surgical by John Marie Keating (1889)
"When the alveolar process is the seat of fracture, the interdental ... Kingsley's
interdental splint found but one in a patient under ten years of age. ..."
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