Of or pertaining to the teeth.In grammar, formed or pronounced at or near the front upper teeth, with the tip or front of the tongue: as, d, t, and n are dental letters.Connected with or used in dentistry: as, dental rubber; a dental mallet or hammer.The dental formula of a child over two years of age is thus: which means that the child should have two incisors, one canine, and two molars, on each side of each jaw. … The formula of permanent dentition in man is written: there being two incisors, one canine, two premolars, and three molars on each side above and below.The tissue or structure out of which a tooth is formed, and from which, as in the case of rodents, it may continue to grow for an indefinite period, in which case the teeth are said to have persistent pulps.n. A sound formed by placing the end of the tongue against or near the upper teeth, as d, t, and n (see I., 2).n. In conchology, a tooth-shell; a shell of the family Denlaliidæ.n. Dentex macrophthalmus, a fish of the family Lutianidæ, found in the Mediterranean.