Dental Terminology Related to Tooth Origin and formation

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