Relating to both the neck of a tooth and the tongue-facing surface, used in dental terminology.
From Latin cervix (neck of tooth) and lingua (tongue), a specialized dental term describing the area where the tooth's cervix meets the surface facing the tongue.
When your dentist talks about 'cervicolingual' decay, they're pinpointing a very specific spot on your tooth—the area closest to your gum line on the side of your tooth facing your tongue, which is trickier to clean.
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