Question

7. A Chinese boy has a number of teeth in his oral cavity. Each tooth is embedded in a socket of jaw bone. What is this type of attachment called. Name the dentation in which deciduous teeth are replaced by adult teeth.

Answer 1

Dear student,

When each tooth is embedded in a socket of jaw bone, this attachment is known as thecodont.

The type of dentition in which the milk teeth( deciduous teeth) are replaced by adult teeth, is called as diphyodont.

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