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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%%

  • 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