dental plaque dental orthopedics • dental plate · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · dental plaque · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries. Synonyms: dental plaque, bacterial plaque. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · bacterial plaque · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 q latin small letter q U+0071 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075