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A developmental anomaly consisting of a calcified mass of enamel, dentin, and cementum that may or may not resemble a tooth. A structure like a tooth which has an unusual arrangement of its component tissues. A solid or cystic tumour derived from cells concerned with the development of a tooth. A growth originating from the…

Tooth‐forming. Arising in tissues that give origin to the teeth.  

A connective tissue cell of neural crest origin found in the odontoblastic layer of the dental pulp that is responsible for deposition of dentin. One of the connective tissue cells that constitutes the outer surface of the dental pulp adjacent to the dentin. A primitive cell of the tooth germ concerned with the formation of…

Prosthetic conformer placed following enucleation or evisceration of the eye to preserve space for ocular prosthesis.  

A surface that attaches to a denture base that can be used to record the occluding relationship between the maxilla and the mandible and that may facilitate the arrangement of denture teeth as a step toward the creation of a denture. The biting surfaces built on denture bases to make maxillomandibular relation records and to…

A record of the relationship of the maxilla and the mandible as they occlude in any position.  

A study of a patient’s masticatory system that evaluates how the teeth come together in functional and parafunctional activities. The goal is to discover how all aspects of the system, including teeth, jaws, muscles of mastication, and joints, work together to create either a healthy physiologic occlusion or an unhealthy diseaseproducing occlusion.