Dental Terminology Related to Tooth Origin and formation

• Dentition: The teeth in the dental arch

  • ^^Deciduous^^

  • A term used to describe the primary teeth

  • The first set of teeth (or tooth)

  • Having the property of falling off or shedding

  • ^^Permanent^^

  • The second set of human teeth (except molars)

  • They are also called succedaneous

    - What is a succedaneous tooth? %%A permanent tooth that replaces a primary tooth%%

    - What teeth are succedaneous? %%Incisors (both central and lateral), 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%%

  • ^^Mixed^^

  • Deciduous + Permanent = Heterodont

  • when does it begin? %%with the appearance of the first permanent molars%%.

  • when does it end? %%with the exfoliation of the deciduous teeth%%

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• Odont (prefix)
  • related to dentition
  • ex: odontoblast
• -genesis (suffix)
  • related to the process of creation and formation
  • ex: osteogenesis
• Exfoliate: Physiologic loss of primary dentition (to fall out)
• Eruption: The process of penetration of the tooth to the surrounding tissues (breaking out)

the ^^deciduous teeth^^ exoliate and ^^permanent teeth^^ erupt into the space

• proliferation: The process of increase in mass and number but ^^with the same characters^^

• differentiation: The process of acquiring different functions ^^from the original source^^

• -blast (suffix)

  • the function of tissue ^^creation^^ by a specialized cell type
  • ex: fibroblast

• -cyte (suffix)

  • the function of tissue ^^maintained^^ by a specialized cell type
  • ex: fibrocyte

• -clast (suffix)

  • the function of tissue ^^destruction^^ by a specialized cell type
  • ex: fibroclast

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