- succedaneous teeth
- successional teeth the permanent teeth that have deciduous predecessors in the dental arch. Cf. accessional teeth.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
succedaneous teeth
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succedaneous — 1. Relating to a succedaneum. 2. Relating to the permanent or second teeth that replace the deciduous or primary teeth. [see succedaneum] * * * suc·ce·da·ne·ous (suk″sə daґne əs) 1. pertaining to a succedaneum. 2. coming after or… … Medical dictionary
accessional teeth — the molar teeth of the permanent dentition, so called because they do not supplant any deciduous predecessors in the dental arch. Cf. succedaneous teeth … Medical dictionary
permanent teeth — the 32 teeth of the second dentition, which begin to appear in humans at about 6 years of age. The first molars appear first, followed by the mandibular central and lateral incisors, maxillary central incisors, maxillary lateral incisors,… … Medical dictionary
premolar teeth — 1. the permanent teeth between the canines and the molars; there are two on either side in each jaw. The upper premolars are bicuspid and the lower have from one to three cusps. Premolars are succedaneous to the deciduous molar teeth. Symbol P.… … Medical dictionary
deficiency — An insufficient quantity of some substance (as in dietary d. or hemoglobin d. in marrow aplasia); organization (as in mental d.); activity (as in enzyme d. or reduced oxygen carrying capacity of the blood), etc., of which the amount present is of … Medical dictionary
Dental anatomy — Adult and Baby teeth diagram. Note the non standard Dental notation (numbering) Dental anatomy is a field of anatomy dedicated to the study of human tooth structures. The development, appearance, and classification of teeth fall within its… … Wikipedia
dentition — The natural teeth, as considered collectively, in the dental arch; may be deciduous, permanent, or mixed. [L. dentitio, teething] artificial d. SYN: denture (1). deciduous d. SYN: deciduous tooth. delayed d. delayed eruption of the teeth … Medical dictionary
