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Dentition
- See Also
- Oral Exam
- Dentition
- Gingiva (adjacent to necks of teeth)
- Primary Teeth: 20 Milk teeth or baby teeth in children
- Medial (central) incisor
- Lateral incisor
- Canine (cuspid)
- Premolars (Bicuspids): two
- Permanent Teeth: 32 in the adult mouth
- Medial (central) incisor
- Lateral incisor
- Canine (cuspid)
- Premolars (Bicuspids): two
- First Molar (6 year molar)
- Second Molar (12 year molar)
- Third Molar (Wisdom Tooth)
- Tooth Anatomy layers
- Tooth socket
- Inner layer: Alveolar Bone
- Middle layer: Gingiva
- Outer layer: Cementum
- Tooth
- Inner layer: Dental Pulp chamber (vessels and nerves)
- Middle layer: Dentin (core)
- Outer layer: Enamel (hard and mineralized)
- Attachment between tooth roots and tooth socket
- Periodontal ligament
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| Definition (MSH) | The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Dentition referring to the deciduous teeth is DENTITION, PRIMARY; to the permanent teeth, DENTITION, PERMANENT. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992) |
| Definition (CSP) | positioning of teeth in the dental arch; affects eating and speech; is used forensically to identify individuals, and anthropologically as a measure of human evolution. |
| Definition (NCI) | The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. (MeSH) |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023)
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| English | Dentition, Dentitions |
| Spanish | dentición, denticion |
| Credits | Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)
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