English

Adjective

dentulous ‎(not comparable)

1. (usually medicine or zoology) Having natural teeth.
   • 1874 June, W. C. Barrett, "The Anatomical and Histological Structure of Deciduous Teeth," Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York, p. 121 (Google preview):

     The teeth of such of the reptiles as are dentulous, are simple organs of prehension, and not intended for mastication.

   • 1979, William A. Clemens and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, "Multituberculata," in Jason A. Lillegraven et al. (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals, ISBN 9780520039513, p. 112 (Google preview):

     No dentulous jaws of multituberculates found in deposits of Early Cretaceous age have yet been described.

   • 2011, K. J. Lee and Elizabeth H. Toh (eds.), Otolaryngology: A Surgical Notebook, ISBN 9781604064780, p. 71 (Google preview):

     Edentulous patients with an atrophic mandible require a different plating strategy than dentulous patients who have a greater amount of bone.

Antonyms

• edentulous

References

• dentulous at OneLook Dictionary Search