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Exfoliate
Physiologic loss of primary dentition
Eruption
The process of penetration of the tooth to the surrounding tissues
Differentiation
The process of acquiring different functions from the original source
Proliferation
The process of increase in mass and number but with the same characters
Dentition
The teeth in the dental arch
Odont
prefix related to dentition
Deciduous
A term used to describe the primary teeth
Permanent
The second set of human teeth except molars
What is a succedaneous tooth?
A permanent tooth that replaces a primary tooth
What teeth are succedaneous?
Central and lateral Incisors, canines, first and second premolars
What teeth are not succedaneous?
First, second and third molars
Why are some teeth nonsuccedaneous?
Because they do not have primary predecessors
Heterodont
Deciduous and Permanent teeth
when does mixed dentition begin?
with the appearance of the first permanent molars
when does mixed dentition end?
with the exfoliation of the deciduous teeth
-genesis
related to the process of creation and formation
-blast
the function of tissue creation by a specialized cell type
-cyte
the function of tissue maintained by specialized cell type
-clast
the function of tissue destruction by a specialized cell type
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