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Toona ciliata
Toona ciliata, known as Australian red cedar or toon, is a large deciduous timber tree in the mahogany family, native from southern China to eastern Australia.
Toonami
Toonami is Cartoon Network's action-anime programming block, launched March 17, 1997, cancelled 2008, revived on Adult Swim May 26, 2012, known for TOM, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and Saturday-night anime.
Toonie
The toonie is Canada's two-dollar bimetallic circulation coin, a bronze-colored core locked inside a silver-colored ring, introduced on February 19, 1996 to replace the $2 banknote and nicknamed after the loonie.
Tooning Out the News
Tooning Out the News (Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News) is an American animated news satire series, 2020-2023, on CBS All Access and Paramount+, led by cartoon anchor James Smartwood interviewing real guests.
Toono
Toono (Yurt's Roof) is a Mongolian two-player capturing board game on a circular board resembling a yurt's roof ring; six pieces per player move three spaces along lines, capturing on the third, winning by eliminating the opponent.
Toontown Online
Toontown Online, also called Disney's Toontown Online, was a kid-friendly MMORPG launched June 2, 2003 and closed September 19, 2013, where Toons fought Cog robots with gags; revived by Toontown Rewritten.
Toontown Rewritten
Toontown Rewritten (TTR) is a free, fan-run revival of Disney's Toontown Online, launched September 19, 2013 after Disney's closure; faithful to the original, with sprinting, Sellbot Field Offices, and over 2 million registered players.
Tooro Kingdom
Toro Kingdom, also spelled Tooro, is a traditional Bantu kingdom in western Uganda centered on Fort Portal, founded around 1830 when Prince Kaboyo Olimi I seceded from Bunyoro.
TootArd
TootArd, Arabic for "strawberry," is a band from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, founded in 2010 by the Nakhleh brothers and now a genre-fluid duo.
Toote Kalam
Toote Kalam (टूटे कलम) is a Hindi poetry collection attributed to Agyeya, pioneering modernist Hindi writer, which archival and bibliographic records of his works do not list.
Tooter Turtle
Tooter Turtle, sometimes spelled Tudor or Tutor, is a 1960 Total Television animated segment on NBC's King Leonardo and His Short Subjects: a turtle whose dream jobs fail until Mr. Wizard chants him home.
Tooth
Tooth: hard mineralized oral organ made of enamel, dentin, cementum, and pulp; develops via odontogenesis, cannot regenerate enamel, and is protected against cavities by fluoride and sealants.
Tooth contact analysis
Tooth contact analysis (TCA) is a computational gear engineering method that simulates tooth meshing to predict a gear drive's contact pattern and transmission errors before manufacture.
Tooth decay
Tooth decay (dental caries, cavities): a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven disease in which plaque bacteria acids demineralize teeth. Most prevalent condition globally; 2.26 billion untreated permanent-teeth cases in 2023; managed with fluoride, sealants, SDF, and restorations.
Tooth enamel
Tooth enamel: hardest, ~97% hydroxyapatite tissue covering the tooth crown, formed by ameloblasts during amelogenesis; acellular, non-regenerating, protected by fluoride remineralization; defects include fluorosis and amelogenesis imperfecta.
Tooth Eruption
Tooth eruption: movement of teeth from alveolar bone to functional position in the mouth. Primary teeth erupt 4–10 months after birth; dental follicle and PTHrP signaling drive the process; teething symptoms affect about 70–80% of infants.
Tooth fairy
The Tooth Fairy is a Western folklore figure who takes a child's tooth left under the pillow and leaves money; first named in 1949, distinct from the Spanish Ratoncito Pérez mouse tradition.
Tooth Fairy (2010 film)
Tooth Fairy is a 2010 American family comedy-fantasy film directed by Michael Lembeck, starring Dwayne Johnson as a hockey player sentenced to serve as a real tooth fairy.
Tooth flank modification
Tooth flank modification, or gear micro-geometry modification, is the deliberate small deviation of gear tooth flanks from their theoretical profile to smooth meshing under load.
Tooth Movement Techniques
Tooth movement techniques (orthodontic tooth movement, OTM) are orthodontic methods for correcting tooth malposition using fixed appliances, clear aligners, and TADs, governed by PDL bone remodeling, force parameters, and root resorption risk.
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites is a Hindi-language Netflix limited series (8 episodes, 20 April 2023) by Pratim D. Gupta, a vampire-dentist romance set in Kolkata's Upar and Neeche worlds, starring Tanya Maniktala and Shantanu Maheshwari.
Tooth preparation
Tooth preparation is the restorative dentistry procedure in which tooth structure is shaped and reduced to receive a restoration such as a crown, veneer, inlay, or bridge.
Tooth Remineralization
Tooth remineralization is the return of calcium and phosphate minerals to demineralized enamel or dentin, reversing early non-cavitated caries. Fluoride is the benchmark agent; nanohydroxyapatite, bioactive glass, and CPP-ACP are emerging alternatives.
Tooth replantation
Tooth replantation is the reinsertion of a tooth into its socket after traumatic avulsion or deliberate extraction, with success depending on dry time and storage medium.
Tooth resorption in cats
Tooth resorption in cats, also called neck lesions or FORL, is a painful dental disease in which odontoclasts destroy tooth structure, affecting an estimated 20 to 60% of cats.
Tooth whitening
Tooth whitening (dental bleaching) lightens natural teeth using hydrogen or carbamide peroxide via in-office, at-home tray, or OTC products; sensitivity is the main side effect, and light activation adds little benefit.
Toothache
Toothache: pain in or around a tooth, mostly odontogenic (decay, pulpitis, abscess) but sometimes referred from sinus, cardiac, or neuromuscular sources; NSAIDs first-line, antibiotics rarely indicated.
Toothbrush
A toothbrush, manual or powered, is a hand-held oral hygiene tool with a head of bristles used to remove dental plaque from teeth and gums, first mass-produced around 1780.
Toothbrush moustache
The toothbrush moustache, also known as the Hitler moustache, is a narrow rectangular block of facial hair under the nose, worn by Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler.
Toothbrushing
Toothbrushing, also called teeth brushing, is the act of cleaning teeth with a brush to remove plaque and prevent decay; recommended two minutes twice daily with fluoride toothpaste, soft bristles, manual, or powered.