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The origin of tooth number of the human deciduous dentition: a hypothesis
R J Radlanski1, A Jäger, B Zimmer
1Abt. Kieferorthopädie Zentrums Zahn-Mund-Kieferheilkunde Klinkum, Universität Göttingen, West Germany.
Medical Hypotheses
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
The constant number of 5 teeth per quadrant in the human deciduous dentition is seen to be a result of the mitotic activity within the dental lamina which leads to a constant number of centers in which cells are compressed together. These centers in which, due to the compression, the cells become narrow and cylindrical and, due to subsequent bulging, wedge-shaped, are the prerequisite for the formation of the constant number of five tooth buds per quadrant.