cumulative dental terminology
Anodontia
Absence of teeth
Differentiation
Acquiring different functions from the original
Apposition
Addition of parts
Osteoblasts
Bone forming germ cells
Root
Bottom part of a tooth
Eruption
Breaking out
Odontoclasts
Bring about absorption of primary tooth roots
Fifth Stage of Development
Calcification
Osteoclasts
Cause absorption of bone tissue
Cementoblasts
Cementum forming cells
Attrition
Chafing or abrasion
Tubules
Channels extending from dentinoenamel wall to pulp chamber
Pulp cyst
Closed, fluid-filled sac within the pulp tissue
Mesenchyme
Connective tissue cells
Tooth bud consists of...
Dental organ, dental papilla, and dental sac
Odontoblasts
Dentin forming cells
Primary dentin
Dentin in newly formed tooth
Calcification
Deposit of lime salts
Cementoclasts
Destroy tooth cementum
Midline
Determines right and left sides
Third Stage of Development
Differentiation
Granuloma
Growth or tumor found in root area
Enamel
Hard tooth covering
Fibers
Help the dentin to nourish and register sensation
Marginal
Helps to form the sides of the gingival crevice
Differentiation occurs in two ways...
Histodifferentiation, morphodifferentiation
First Stage of Development
Initiation
Tuft
Irregular grouping of undercalcified enamel
Hypocalcification
Lack of hardening of tooth tissue
Macrodontia
Large teeth
Line/stripes of Retzius
Lines in enamel
Axial surfaces
Long length surface of the tooth
Dentin
Main tissue of tooth surrounding the pulp
Which root is trifurcated?
Maxillary molar teeth
Point angle
Meeting of three surfaces of a tooth
Line angle
Meeting of two surfaces
Periodontal
Membrane and fibers that anchor the tooth in the alveolar socket
Dental lamina
Membrane band containing organs of future teeth
Mesoderm
Middle layer
Supernumerary
More than the normal amount of teeth
Epithelium
Mucous tissue covering and connective tissue layer
Gingiva
Mucous tissue surrounding teeth that protects teeth and underlying tissues
Papillary
Occupies the interproximal spaces
Irregular secondary dentin
Occurs as protection from irritation, decay, trauma, attrition
Regular secondary dentin
Occurs during regular development and maturing of tooth
Diastema
Open contact area
Antagonist
Opposing tooth
Hypercementosis
Overgrowth of cementum tissue
Succedaneous
Permanent teeth
Cervical line
Place where enamel of the crown meets the cementum of the root
Dental sac
Pocket covering
Rods
Prism like structures that extend from the dentinoenamel junction to the outer surface
Amelogensis
Process of forming tooth enamel
Second Stage of Development
Proliferation
The function fo the cementum in the periodontium is to...
Provide surface anchorage for the tooth in the alveolar socket
Fluorosis
Reaction to overfluoridation
Apex
Tip end of a tooth
Cementum
Tissue covering the tooth root
Dental papilla
Tissue development giving rise to dentin, pulp
Cuticle
Tissue layer covering the tooth surfaces
Dentition
Tooth arrangement
Dens in dente
Tooth in tooth
Pulpitis
Toothache
Crown
Top part of the tooth
Hypoplasia
Underdevelopment of tissue
Fusion
Union of tooth buds resulting in large crown or root
Embrasure
V shaped area located between the contact point of two teeth and the gingival crest
Dentinogenesis imperfecta
Weakened or gray-colored teeth or shell teeth resulting from poor formation
Two classifications of crowns
Anatomical and clinical
Periodontium
Anchorage, support, and protection of the teeth
Fourth Stage of Development
Apposition
CemKeratinized
Area where gingiva and mucous membrane unite
Final Stage of Development
Attrition
Lamellae
Cracks in enamel tissue toward or into dentin
Ameoloblasts
Enamel forming cells
Dental organ
Enamel organ
Gnarled enamel
Enamel rod twisting and curving
Spindles
End areas of union of odontoblasts and enamel rod endings
Sixth Stage of Development
Eruption
Deciduous
Falling off
Fibroblasts
Fiber forming germ cells
Odontogenesis
Formation and the origin of the tooth
Imperfecta
Formation of defective enamel
When does proliferation begin?
Fourth or fifth month in utero
Resorption
Removal of hard tooth surface
Proliferation
Reproduction of new parts
Hutchinsonian incisors
Saw like incisal edges of maxillary incisors
Exfoliate
Scale off
Proximal surface
Side wall of tooth that meets/touches the side wall of another tooth
Germination
Single tooth germ separating to form two crowns on a single root
Canaliculi
Small channels or canals
Pulp stone
Small growth in a tooth
Lacuna
Small open space
Peg-shaped teeth
Small rounded teeth
Microdontia
Small teeth
Alveolar
Sockets for teeth placement
Dodntology
Study of teeth in general
Morphology
Study of tooth form and shape
Contact area
Surface point of area where two teeth meet side by side
Heterodont
Teeth of various shapes
