TY - JOUR
AR - DOBCR-2019-1-104
TI - Tooth eruption versus tooth emergence
AU - Ashraf I., Shaweesh
AU - Maram , Qasim
JO - Dental Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
PY - 2019
DA - Tue 26, Feb 2019
SN - 2613-4950
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.DOBCR.2019.01.004
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/tooth-eruption-versus-tooth-emergence_SR-DOBCR-2019-1-104 
KW - Tooth eruption, Tooth emergence
AB - 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.