dental calculus

English

Noun

dental calculus

A hard crust of calcium salts and food particles on the teeth.

Synonyms

tartar

Translations

crust on the teeth

Basque: lertzo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 齒垢 (zh), 齿垢 (zh) (chǐgòu)
Finnish: hammaskivi (fi)
French: tartre (fr) m
German: Zahnstein (de) m
Hungarian: fogkő (hu)

Icelandic: tannsteinn m
Latvian: zobakmens m
Navajo: awóchaan
Portuguese: tártaro (pt) m
Spanish: sarro (es) m, tártaro (es) m
Swedish: tandsten (sv) c
Ukrainian: зубний камінь m (zubnyj kaminʹ)

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