Question 120 (part 2) · LDEK · Tooth development and mineralization

Arrange the formation stages of teeth, starting from the earliest:

1) histologic differentiation;
2) dental lamina formation;
3) matrix deposition;
4) migration of neural crest cells towards the ectomesenchyme of branchial arch;
5) eruption and root formation;
6) morphologic differentiation.
Correct answer is:
  1. A. 4,1,2,3,6,5.
  2. B. 1,2,4,6,3,5.
  3. C. 2,1,4,6,3,5.
  4. D. 4,6,1,2,3,5.
  5. E. 4,2,1,6,3,5.
Hint

Start with the embryonic event that supplies the mesenchyme of the jaws, then follow odontogenesis through to emergence of the tooth.

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