Dental Terminology Related to Tooth Origin and formation

Exfoliate

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