Relating to or affecting both the teeth and the tongue; involving both dental and lingual structures.
From Latin 'dentis' (tooth) + 'lingualis' (relating to the tongue, from 'lingua' tongue). This compound describes the anatomical relationship.
The dentolingual relationship is why speech therapists and dentists sometimes work together—the positioning of your teeth affects how your tongue moves, which directly impacts how clearly you can pronounce certain sounds like 'th' and 's'.
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