Hypodontia and tooth formation in groups of children with cleft, siblings without cleft, and nonrelated controls

K Eerens1, R Vlietinck, K Heidbüchel

  • 1Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Catholic University of Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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The formation of teeth, also known as odontogenesis, is a complex process that begins in utero, around the sixth week of embryonic development. There are three stages to this process: the bud stage, the cap stage, and the bell stage.
In the bud stage, the tooth germ (an aggregation of cells) starts to form in the developing jawbone. During the cap stage, the tooth germ differentiates into enamel organ, dental papilla, and dental sac, which will later develop into the tooth's enamel, dentin and...