I. Kjaer et J. Daugaard-jensen, Interrelation between fusions in the primary dentition and agenesis in thesuccedaneous permanent dentition seen from an embryological point of view, J CRAN GENE, 20(4), 2000, pp. 193-197
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
The purpose of the present stud?; was to elucidate the relationship between
fusions in the primary dentition and the occurrence of agenesis in the suc
cedaneous permanent dentition in a Danish child population and to elucidate
this relationship from the recently described normal embryological develop
ment of the anterior parts of the human maxilla and mandible.
The material included radiographs, either as intraoral film or as orthopant
omograms from a total of 19 primary dentitions with a total of 21 fusions.
Radiographs of the permanent dentition in the fusion regions were available
for all 19 dentitions.
Of 21 fusions, a total of 20 were in the mandible and one in the maxilla. I
n 15 cases, the fusions were between primary incisors and in six cases betw
een lateral incisors and canines.
Agenesis of a permanent lateral incisor always occurred when there had been
fusion of a primary lateral incisor and a canine in the primary dentition.
When fusion had been between primary incisors. there was only agenesis of
an incisor in the permanent dentition in a few cases. The degree of fusion
between the involved teeth was not related to the occurrence of agenesis.
It is suggested that the intra-jaw differences are related to the recently
reported prenatal developmental patterns of the alveoli of the incisors and
canines. Moreover, it is suggested that neural crest developmental field d
ifferences between the developing maxilla and mandible may explain the inte
r-jaw differences in phenotypic abnormalities.