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