Vocabulary regarding teeth: "implant, come etc"

[Tom]

Hi

I would like to discuss vocabulary regarding teeth. Could you please help me out???

1- The child's teeth are coming. (Is the word coming OK or is there some better alternative?)

2- He wants his front tooth implanted. (What would the opposite action called?) Please see below:

3- He wants his front tooth eradicated.

4- He wants his front tooth installed. (How does install sound to you?)

Tom

[Stew.t.]

Hi Tom

Opposite of implanted would be removed. Eradicate is a little too strong it means totally destroyed. Install is not really used for people, until we become half cyberhumans ; )
So sentences 3 & 4 eradicate.
Sentence 1 is fine and the most common form. But you could use .......are just breaking through (the gums).
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[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Here is my two cents' worth:

1. I'd use "coming in" rather than just "coming".

2. I'm not comfortable with this sentence since I can't understand what exactly he wants to have done. As I see things, an implant generally isn't visible and an implant is often something artificial. Technically, the only part of a tooth that can be implanted is the root. So, if his original tooth (along with the root) had been removed and is now to be put back in, then I might say "re-implanted".

3. A typical verb to use when you talk about removing a tooth is "extract". You can also say "pull a tooth".

4. As Stew mentioned, you don't "install" teeth (unless you're trying to be humorous ;)).

Amy
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[Jamie (K)]

[Conchita]

Jamie, it looks as if you haven't read Amy's post. Some of your sentences are practically a replica of hers! :)

[Jamie (K)]