incisor

Example Sentences

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To perform a root canal on an incisor or canine tooth, the government will pay a dental practice £59.94, but the practice will make a loss of £7.03.

From BBC

Yes, it’s a startling and scary image: those beady eyes, pointy front incisors, long scaly tails, their rhythmic sniffing.

From Seattle Times

Soon, Dr. Reich was flying back to Boston with zip-top bags full of medieval molars, bicuspids and incisors.

From New York Times

Like their much larger cousins, hyraxes have strong molars to grind vegetation and two incisor teeth that grow out to tiny tusks.

From Washington Post

The initial study focused on the bulkiness of Tyrannosaurus femurs and the existence of two sets of incisor teeth poking out of the predator’s lower jaw.

From New York Times