predental
Preceding the incisors
Predental describes students or coursework preparing for dental school: predental requirements, a predental student.
The term parallels premedical and prelaw—it designates the undergraduate track leading to professional training rather than a formal degree program.
Less commonly, predental refers anatomically to the area in front of the teeth.
Cutting tooth in front
- canineOf or like dogs
- premolarTooth between canine and molar
- molarRear crushing tooth
- maxillaUpper jaw bone
mandible · alveolar · palate · gums · periodontal · enamel · cementum · oral
At earliest developmental stage
- fetalOf the unborn
- prenatalBefore birth
- morphogenesisDevelopmental shape emergence
- formationCreation or arrangement
differentiation · maturation · gestation · cellular · eruption · deciduous
Of tooth sockets
- labialRelating to lips
- bilabialMade with both lips
- articulationClear vocal expression
- consonantIn agreement with
incisor
Cutting tooth in front
maxilla · mandible · alveolar · palate · gums · periodontal · enamel · cementum · oral · buccal
embryonic
At earliest developmental stage
- fetalOf the unborn
- prenatalBefore birth
- morphogenesisDevelopmental shape emergence
formation · differentiation · maturation · gestation · cellular · eruption · deciduous
alveolar
Of tooth sockets
- labialRelating to lips
- bilabialMade with both lips
- articulationClear vocal expression
predentalpostalveolar
Articulation point behind alveolus
alveolar · palatal · velar · uvular · pharyngeal
pre, dental, dent, dentist, dentistry, denture, dentures, indent, indentation