Eruption

eruption /erup·tion/ (e-rup´shun)

1. the act of breaking out, appearing, or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth.

2. visible efflorescent lesions of the skin due to disease, with redness, prominence, or both; a rash.erup´tive

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creeping eruption  cutaneous larva migrans.

drug eruption  an eruption or a solitary lesion caused by a drug taken internally.

fixed eruption  a circumscribed inflammatory skin lesion(s) recurring at the same site(s) over a period of months or years; each attack lasts only a few days but leaves residual pigmentation which is cumulative.

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e·rup·tion (-rpshn)

n.

1. An appearance of a rash or blemish on the skin.

2. Such a rash or blemish.

3. The emergence of a tooth through the gums.

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e·ruptive (-tv) adj.

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Eruption

The process of a tooth breaking through the gum tissue to grow into place in the mouth.

Mentioned in: Dental Trauma, Impacted Tooth

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eruption (erup´shn),

n the migration of a tooth in the alveolar process of the maxilla or mandible into the oral cavity.

eruption, active,

n the movement of a developing tooth from its area of development in the jaw into the oral cavity to become part of the dental arch.

eruption, continuous,

n the normal occlusal progression of teeth noted throughout a lifetime.

eruption cyst,

n a dentigerous cyst that causes a clinically evident bulging of the overlying alveolar ridge. See also cysts, eruption.

eruption, delayed,

n the failure of the teeth to erupt from the gingival tissues at the usual developmental time. Often associated with hypothyroidism or impaction.

eruption, ectopic

(ektop´ik),
n the abnormal direction of tooth eruption, most common to mandibular first and third molars, which sometimes leads to abnormal resorption of the adjacent tooth.

eruption, forced,

n the manual, forced eruption of a tooth that has failed to erupt naturally.

eruption hematoma,

n an eruption cyst that is blood-filled, visualized as a bluish purple area of elevated tissue of the overlying alveolar ridge.

eruption, lingual,

n the eruption of permanent teeth on the lingual side of primary teeth that have not yet been exfoliated.

eruption, passive,

n an increasing length of the clinical crown often seen with aging and in the absence of clinical evidence of inflammation.

eruption sequestrum

(erup´shn skwes´trēm),
n a needlelike piece of calcified tissue that is located over the gingival tissues of an erupting tooth.

eruption, surgical,

n the surgical removal of tissues covering an abnormally unerupted tooth to allow its natural progress into position.

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eruption

1. the act of breaking out, appearing or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth.

2. visible efflorescent lesions of the skin due to disease, with redness, prominence, or both; a rash.

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creeping eruption

see cutaneous larva migrans.

drug eruption

see drug eruption.

tooth eruption

used in veterinary medicine as a guide to an animal's age.

grouped tooth eruption

permanent posterior teeth erupting side by side with no replacement horizontally.

sequential tooth eruption

permanent posterior teeth replaced by craniad movement of caudal teeth; seen in macropods and elephants.

tooth eruption times

see Table 19.