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INTRODUCTION

¡TheworddeciduouscomesfromaLatin

wordmeaningtofalloff.

¡Deciduousteethfallofforareshedlike

leavesfromadeciduoustree.

Thedeciduous,primary,or,astheyoften

referredtocolloquially,(MILK)teeth,have

arelativelyshortlife-spanbeforethey

exfoliatedtobereplacedbythepermanent

teeth.Thisusuallyoccursbetweenthe

agesof6and13years.

¡Thedeciduousincisorsandcanineshavepermanent

successorbutthefirstandseconddeciduousmolars

arereplacedbythefirstandsecondpremolars

respectively.

¡Thedeciduousdentitioncomprisesfewer

teeththanthepermanentdentitionwitha

totalofTENmaxillaryandTENmandibular

teeth.

Theyareasfollows,inorderofposition

fromthemidline:

A-First(central)incisor.

B-Second(lateral)incisor.

C-Canine.BA

C

D-Firstmolar.D

E-Secondmolar.

¡Theshorthandformulaforthe

deciduousteethisasfollows:

I2C1M2=10

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GENERAL

CHARACTERISTICS

PRINCIPALDIFFERENCESBETWEEN

DECIDUOUSANDPERMANENTTEETH

7-Therootsofthedeciduousteethare

shorter,lessstrongandlighterin

colourthanthoseofthepermanent

teeth.

PRINCIPALDIFFERENCESBETWEEN

DECIDUOUSANDPERMANENTTEETH

8-Therootsofanteriordeciduousteethare

longerinproportiontothecrown.Theroots

ofposteriorteetharemoredivergentto

allowforthedevelopingpermanent

successor.Theyflareoutfromeachother

widerthanthecrownmeasurement,and

formaminimalcommonroottrunk.

PRINCIPALDIFFERENCESBETWEEN

DECIDUOUSANDPERMANENTTEETH

9-Thepulpchambers

arelargerthanin

thepermanentteeth