Definition of Incisal

1. being the cutting edge of a tooth [adj]

Medical Definition of Incisal

1. The biting edge of your central and lateral teeth. (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incisal

incipiency
incipient
incipient caries
incipiently
incipients
incipit
incipits
incircle
incircled
incircles
incircling
incircumscription
incircumspect
incircumspection
incisal (current term)
incisal embrasure
incisal guidance
incisal guide
incisal guide angle
incisal path
incisal point
incisal rest
incise
incised
incised-meander
incised meander

Literary usage of Incisal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Student's Manual of Cavity Preparation by Jesse Elmer Severns (1915)
"X. Showing details of incisal step of 4th class cavity preparation. The bevel of labial and lingual walls are both in same plane (AA), while the incisal ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Artificial Crown-, Bridge-, and Porcelain-work by George Evans (1920)
"1119, that of a gentleman of about sixty-two years of age, is to be seen the irregularity of the teeth present and the unevenness of their incisal edges and ..."

3. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1921)
"... striking the line AC representing the incisal edge of the tooth as at K, is directed to the maxillary incline GF. Slight rotation is effected by this ..."

4. Dental Anatomy by Martin Dewey (1916)
"Of the incisal edges, the mesio-incisal edge is shorter than the ... The mesio- incisal and disto-incisal edges of the canine join each other at the incisal ..."

5. Prosthetic Articulation by George Wood Clapp (1914)
"The incisal half of the lateral is therefore of deeper shade than the incisal ... The neck is sometimes much deeper than the incisal half, sometimes but ..."

6. Dominion Dental Journal (1907)
"incisal CAVITIES. On account of the usual diminutive size and exposed position, strictly incisal cavities are difficult to manage so that the filling will ..."

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