Jul 9, 2018 17:09
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English term

biting (occlusal) surface of teeth

English to Italian Medical Medical: Dentistry Oral surgery
The text is about impacted teeth (or tooth) and it says that" impacted tooth can't reach the level of the biting surface of other teeth", or in other words, that tooth can't grow or it is retained in the bone. Actually, I'm trying to translate this from Serbian to Italian, but I only managed to find the expression biting (occlusal) surface in English, and I think that I'm on the right path. Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations (Italian)
4 Superficie masticatoria dei denti
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Jul 9, 2018 17:10: Maja Vulovic changed "Language pair" from "Serbian to Italian" to "English to Italian"

Proposed translations

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Superficie masticatoria dei denti

Biting surface: superficie masticatoria
Occlusal surface: superficie occlusale


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Note added at 1 hr (2018-07-09 18:13:23 GMT)
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La superficie occlusale (a quanto si legge su Google) è la superficie che va a contatto con il dente antagonista;
Per il significato di superficie masticatoria, vedere qui: https://www.medicinapertutti.it/argomento/forma-dei-denti/

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Note added at 1 hr (2018-07-09 18:16:57 GMT)
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It looks like they are equivalent. However, since the text says "biting" (and not occlusal) I would choose "masticatoria"
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