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dental arch
(redirected from Dental arches)

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dental arch [¦dent·əl ′ärch]
(anatomy)
The parabolic curve formed by the cutting edges and masticating surfaces of the teeth.


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The terms used to describe tooth surfaces in the dental arches differ from the more familiar anatomic descriptors.
But tooth decay is only one of the problems; overuse of the tongue and suckling muscles, especially when they have been trained into bad habits by bottle-feeding, can distort and prevent the normal development of the dental arches.
in Minneapolis already markets dental arches (used in braces) made of the most common shape-memory metal, a nickel-titanium alloy called Nitinol.
 
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