permanent tooth

noun

1. any of the 32 adult teeth that replace the 20 milk teeth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of permanent tooth¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

This ridge is absent or at most faintly indicated in the permanent tooth.

From Project Gutenberg

When the child is six years old the first permanent tooth appears just back of the last of the milk teeth.

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In the molars, the final pattern is acquired, therefore, before the deciduous premolar has been replaced by the permanent tooth.

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