(phonetics) The process of a speech sound becoming buccal. / (orthodontics) The procedure of moving teeth towards the buccal (cheek) side of the arch.

(anatomy, dentistry, relational) Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek. / Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.

In a buccal manner, such as: / (dentistry, medicine, referring to force, movement, or both) In the buccal direction; toward the cheek.

(phonetics) To make or become buccal. / (orthodontics) To cause or undergo buccalization.

simple past tense and past participle of buccalize

plural of buccal cavity

(of an animal) The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures.

A method of ventilation used in respiration in which the animal moves the floor of its mouth in a rhythmic manner that is externally apparent. It is the sole means of inflating the lungs in amphibians.

(dentistry) A small pit that forms on the side of a molar.