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odontogenic

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odontogenic /odon·to·gen·ic/ (-jen´ik)
1. forming teeth.
2. arising in tissues that give origin to the teeth.

o·don·to·gen·ic (-dnt-jnk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the formation and development of teeth.
2. Arising in tissues that form the teeth, as a tumor.

odontogenic
[ōdon′tōjen′ik]
Etymology: Gk, odous + genein, to produce
1 pertaining to the generation of teeth.
2 developing in tissues that produce teeth.

odontogenic [o-don″to-jen´ik]
1. forming teeth.
2. arising in tissues that give origin to the teeth.

odontogenic
1. forming teeth.
2. arising in tissues that give origin to the teeth.

odontogenic cyst
epithelium-lined cysts derived from cell rests or malformed enamel organs.


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Then they turn to cell differentiation in pathological conditions generally, in odontogenic neoplasms, neoplams of bone and cartilage, and in BMP-induced heterotopic osteogenesis.
Molecular control of odontogenic patterning: positional dependent initiation and morphogenesis.
Other aetiological factors are reimplantation, trauma, pressure from adjacent unerupted teeth, and tumors both odontogenic and non-odontogenic.
 
 
 
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