Tooth eruption versus tooth emergence
Tooth eruption versus tooth emergence
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Ashraf I. Shaweesh Maram Qasim
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Ashraf I. ShaweeshSenior lecturer in Oral Health Therapy, School of Dentistry and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2678, Australia
A B S T R A C T
The use of the term ‘eruption’ to designate the moment a tooth breaks out through the gum is a common linguistic misconception. We think the term ‘emergence’ is more appropriate. However, the dental literature has employed the term ‘eruption’ much earlier and more frequently. In this paper, we have addressed this misconception in detail, provided some statistics about the use of the two terms in the dental literature and provided our recommendations.
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Received: Mon 14, Jan 2019Accepted: Wed 06, Feb 2019
Published: Tue 26, Feb 2019
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© 2023 Ashraf I. Shaweesh. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.DOI: 10.31487/j.DOBCR.2019.01.004