June 2009
ankylosis of a tooth occurs when the tooth has already erupted into the mouth but the cementum or dentin has fused with the alveolar bone.
this may cause a person to retain their primary tooth instead of having it replaced by a permanent one.
a technique for altering the natural progression of eruption is employed by orthodontists who wish to delay or speed up the eruption of certain teeth for reasons of space maintenance or otherwise prev
if a primary tooth is extracted prior to the root of its succeeding permanent tooth reaching ? of its total growth, the eruption of the permanent tooth will be delayed.