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dentadura, noun
(set of) teeth

When you’re talking about your teeth as a whole, especially from an esthetic point of view, you use the collective noun dentadura.

Sonrió, mostrando su dentadura inmaculada.
She smiled, displaying a perfect set of teeth.

La enfermedad le había hecho perder toda la dentadura antes de cumplir los veinte años.
The illness had caused her to lose all her teeth before the age of twenty.

Una dentadura postiza is false teeth, or dentures.

Usa dentadura postiza.
He has dentures.

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