Phrase guide

dental calculus

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A hard crust of calcium salts and food particles on the teeth, developing from plaque.

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Arabic: قَلَح (qalaḥ) — crust on the teeth
  • Arabic: قَلْح (qalḥ) — crust on the teeth
  • Basque: lertzo — crust on the teeth
  • Central Bikol: galho — crust on the teeth
  • Bulgarian: зъбен камък (zǎben kamǎk) — crust on the teeth
  • Catalan: carrall — crust on the teeth
  • Catalan: niell — crust on the teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牙結石 /牙结石 (yájiéshí) — crust on the teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 齒垢 /齿垢 (chǐgòu) — crust on the teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牙石 (yáshí) — crust on the teeth
  • Danish: tandsten — crust on the teeth
  • Faroese: tannsteinur — crust on the teeth
  • Finnish: kivi — crust on the teeth
  • Finnish: hammaskivi — crust on the teeth
  • French: tartre — crust on the teeth
  • Galician: sarrio — crust on the teeth
  • Galician: tártaro — crust on the teeth
  • German: Zahnstein — crust on the teeth
  • Greek: πλάκα (pláka) — crust on the teeth
  • Hungarian: fogkő — crust on the teeth
  • Icelandic: tannsteinn — crust on the teeth
  • Italian: tartaro — crust on the teeth
  • Italian: tartaro dentario — crust on the teeth
  • Japanese: 歯石 (shiseki) — crust on the teeth
  • Korean: 치석 (chiseok) — crust on the teeth
  • Latvian: zobakmens — crust on the teeth
  • Macedonian: забен каменец (zaben kamenec) — crust on the teeth
  • Macedonian: забен камен (zaben kamen) — crust on the teeth
  • Malay: karang gigi — crust on the teeth
  • Navajo: awóchaan — crust on the teeth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tannstein — crust on the teeth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tannstein — crust on the teeth
  • Polish: kamień nazębny — crust on the teeth
  • Portuguese: tártaro — crust on the teeth
  • Romanian: tartru — crust on the teeth
  • Romanian: piatră — crust on the teeth
  • Russian: зубно́й ка́мень (zubnój kámenʹ) — crust on the teeth
  • Russian: зубно́й налёт (zubnój naljót) — crust on the teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: зубни каменац — crust on the teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: zubni kamenac — crust on the teeth
  • Slovak: zubný kameň — crust on the teeth
  • Spanish: sarro — crust on the teeth
  • Spanish: tártaro — crust on the teeth
  • Swedish: tandsten — crust on the teeth
  • Tamil: காரை (kārai) — crust on the teeth
  • Thai: คราบหินปูน (krâap-hǐn-bpuun) — crust on the teeth
  • Thai: หินปูน (hǐn-bpuun) — crust on the teeth
  • Turkish: tartar — crust on the teeth
  • Turkish: diş taşı — crust on the teeth
  • Turkish: küfeki — crust on the teeth
  • Ukrainian: зубни́й ка́мінь (zubnýj káminʹ) — crust on the teeth