deciduous tooth

See primary tooth.

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decid′uous tooth`

one of the temporary teeth of a mammal, in humans amounting to 20, that are replaced by the permanent teeth. Also called baby tooth, milk tooth.

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Noun

deciduous tooth - one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)

baby tooth, milk tooth, primary tooth

child's body - the body of a human child

tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

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References in periodicals archive

Two pulp tissues, derived from a permanent and a deciduous tooth, were subjected to delayed processing of 21 and 24 hours respectively.

Isolation and culture of dental pulp stem cells from permanent and deciduous teeth

The main focus in Pediatric Dentistry is to preserve the vitality of the deciduous tooth so it can continue to function normally until its natural exfoliation.1 When carious lesion advances near the pulpal tissue, an inflammatory reaction is initiated.

COMPARISON OF MINERAL TRIOXIDE AGGREGATE AND FORMOCRESOL AS PULPOTOMY AGENT IN PRIMARY MOLAR TEETH: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

The occurrence of sequelae may be associated with several factors, such as the age of the child at the time of trauma, the degree of root resorption of the injured deciduous tooth, the type and extent of the injury, and the stage of development of the permanent tooth germ (Altun, Cehreli, Guven, & Acikel, 2009; Carvalho, Jacomo, & Campos, 2010; Amorim, Estrela, & Costa, 2011; Gungor, Pucman, & Uysal, 2011; Costa et al., 2016).

Dental trauma and itssequelae in deciduous and permanent teeth--Longitudinal study

Intraosseous odontomas are most commonly located inside the bone and are discovered accidentally or due to aplasia or impaction of a permanent or deciduous tooth. [3]

Management of Compound Odontoma--A Case Report

From the regenerative medicine point of view, the most valuable cells are the deciduous tooth cells, which, being young, are nearest to embryonic character and distinguishable from stem cells isolated from adult teeth.

Dental Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells and Their Exosomes

The early loss of deciduous tooth and the existence of easy bone fractures were particularly questioned.

Clinical and Genetic Findings of Turkish Hypophosphatasia Cases

In the studies where the effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite on Enterococcus faecalis in deciduous tooth canals was analyzed, successful results were obtained (26,28).

Root Canal Treatment for Deciduous Teeth: A Review/Sut Dislerinde Kok Kanal Tedavisi: Derleme

Stem cells from deciduous tooth repair mandibular defect in swine.

Stem cells are the hope of modern stomatology

Various genetic factors, an exchange in the position of the forming dental lamina along with trauma to the deciduous tooth with the permanent incisor root dilaceration, were suggested as reasons for transposition.

Bilateral transposition--a rare case with a literature review/Bilateral transpozisyon--literatur taramasi esliginde nadir bir vaka