(usually medicine or zoology) Having natural teeth.
1874 June, W. C. Barrett, "The Anatomical and Histological Structure of Deciduous Teeth," Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York, p. 121 (Google preview):The teeth of such of the reptiles as are dentulous, are simple organs of prehension, and not intended for mastication.
1979, William A. Clemens and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, "Multituberculata," in Jason A. Lillegraven et al. (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals, ISBN 9780520039513, p. 112 (Google preview):No dentulous jaws of multituberculates found in deposits of Early Cretaceous age have yet been described.
2011, K. J. Lee and Elizabeth H. Toh (eds.), Otolaryngology: A Surgical Notebook, ISBN 9781604064780, p. 71 (Google preview):Edentulous patients with an atrophic mandible require a different plating strategy than dentulous patients who have a greater amount of bone.
