Partial edentulous simply means one is missing some teeth.
Class I (bilateral free ended partially edentulous)Class II (unilateral free ended partially edentulous)Class III (unilateral bounded partially edentulous)Class IV (bilateral bounded anterior partially edentulous)
= "Edentulous" means to be toothless.==e.g. The baby was edentulous, he had not grown teeth yet.=
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Edentulous means lacking or without teeth. This term is often used to describe individuals who have lost all of their natural teeth.
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Thomas Neil Scott has written: 'A study of certain features in the gross and radiographic anatomy of the semi-edentulous and edentulous mouth'
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Clinton E. Burnham has written: 'Edentulous persons, United States--1971' -- subject(s): Dental Health Surveys, Dental clinics, Dental surveys, Edentulous Mouth, Statistics, Utilization
A toothless person is referred to as "adentulous".