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nounA hard crust of calcium salts and food particles on the teeth, developing from plaque.
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Arabic قَلَح, قَلْح
- قَلَح (qalaḥ)crust on the teeth
- قَلْح (qalḥ)crust on the teeth
Basque lertzo
- lertzocrust on the teeth
Bulgarian зъбен камък
- зъбен камък (zăben kamăk)crust on the teeth
Catalan carrall, niell
- carrallcrust on the teeth
- niellcrust on the teeth
Chinese Mandarin 牙結石 /牙结石, 齒垢 /齿垢
- 牙結石 /牙结石 (yájiéshí)crust on the teeth
- 齒垢 /齿垢 (chǐgòu)crust on the teeth
- 牙石 (yáshí)crust on the teeth
Danish tandsten
- tandstencrust on the teeth
Finnish kivi, hammaskivi
- kivicrust on the teeth
- hammaskivicrust on the teeth
French tartre
- tartrecrust on the teeth
German Zahnstein
- Zahnsteincrust on the teeth
Greek πλάκα
- πλάκα (pláka)crust on the teeth
Hungarian fogkő
- fogkőcrust on the teeth
Icelandic tannsteinn
- tannsteinncrust on the teeth
Italian tartaro, tartaro dentario
- tartarocrust on the teeth
- tartaro dentariocrust on the teeth
Japanese 歯石
- 歯石 (shiseki)crust on the teeth
Korean 치석
- 치석 (chiseok)crust on the teeth
Latvian zobakmens
- zobakmenscrust on the teeth
Malay karang gigi
- karang gigicrust on the teeth
Norwegian Bokmål tannstein
- tannsteincrust on the teeth
Polish kamień nazębny
- kamień nazębnycrust on the teeth
Portuguese tártaro
- tártarocrust on the teeth
Romanian tartru, piatră
- tartrucrust on the teeth
- piatrăcrust on the teeth
Russian зубно́й ка́мень, зубно́й налёт
- зубно́й ка́мень (zubnój kámenʹ)crust on the teeth
- зубно́й налёт (zubnój naljót)crust on the teeth
Slovak zubný kameň
- zubný kameňcrust on the teeth
Spanish sarro, tártaro
- sarrocrust on the teeth
- tártarocrust on the teeth
Swedish tandsten
- tandstencrust on the teeth
Tamil காரை
- காரை (kārai)crust on the teeth
Thai คราบหินปูน, หินปูน
- คราบหินปูน (krâap-hǐn-bpuun)crust on the teeth
- หินปูน (hǐn-bpuun)crust on the teeth
Turkish tartar, diş taşı
- tartarcrust on the teeth
- diş taşıcrust on the teeth
- küfekicrust on the teeth
Ukrainian зубни́й ка́мінь
- зубни́й ка́мінь (zubnýj káminʹ)crust on the teeth
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dental calculus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dental%20calculus
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“dental calculus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dental%20calculus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dental calculus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dental%20calculus.
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