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Degeneration of tooth germ in the developing dentition of the gray short‐tailed opossum ( Monodelphis domestica )
Author(s) -
Kozawa Yukishige,
Iwasa Yuka,
Mishima Hiroyuki
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1998.tb02214.x
Subject(s) - dental lamina , deciduous dentition , deciduous , molar , dentition , mandibular lateral incisor , deciduous teeth , biology , incisor , orthodontics , dentistry , medicine , mandibular first molar , odontogenic , pathology , botany
The aim of this study was to examine the developmental aspects of the dental lamina and the tooth germ of the marsupial opossum ( Monodelphis domestica ), and to clarify the dental formula of this animal. Specimens were 12‐, 16‐, and 18‐d‐old opossums. 3‐D reconstructions were constructed from frontal serial sections. In these animals, the tooth germs of the deciduous maxillary and mandibular canine, deciduous third premolar and first molar, and the deciduous maxillary first incisor and second molar had a successional dental lamina and a replacement tooth germ. The tooth germ of the deciduous maxillary fourth incisor and the mandibular first incisor were reduced. The dental lamina was continuous in each jaw except for the deciduous maxillary first incisor. The first dentition (deciduous dentition) remained as the permanent dentition on the deciduous maxillary first incisor, and the deciduous maxillary and mandibular canine and first molar. The maxillary fourth incisor and the mandibular first incisor were the second dentition (successional dentition). Only the deciduous third premolars were replaced. These results showed monophyodonty caused by both deciduous and replacement tooth germ degeneration.