title: The origin of tooth number of the human deciduous dentition: a hypothesis.
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.
authors: Abt. Kieferorthopädie Zentrums Zahn-Mund-Kieferheilkunde Klinkum, Universität Göttingen, West Germany.
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Radlanski
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Jäger
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Zimmer
mesh_terms: D003817:Dentition; D004848:Epithelium / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis; D009805:Odontogenesis; D014083:Tooth Germ / Q000196:embryology*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000196:embryology*