To cut into something with the teeth.
(Of an insect) to puncture someone’s skin.
The relationship between the upper and lower teeth that determines the way the teeth meet when the mouth closes. When the teeth are properly aligned, the top front teeth extend slightly over the lower front teeth, and the top and bottom molars meet evenly on both sides of the mouth when the mouth closes.
The normal relationship of the lower jaw to the upper jaw with the teeth in correct occlusion. With normal development of the jaws and teeth, the molars come together with their cusps inter-positioned, thus bringing the lower incisors behind the upper incisors. In people who have lost their teeth the correct judgment of this position is of great importance in denture making. The position in the vertical plane denotes the degree of opening or closure of the jaws’ and is sometimes referred to as the vertical dimension.