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Appendix 2
The Development of the Unborn Child's Body
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Teeth
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Timing
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Source |
The teeth begin to form.
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Day 40 after conception |
Rugh, p 47 |
| The primary teeth are at the cap stage. |
Day 56 after fertilization |
Larsen, p xii |
| Tooth buds form from dental lamina. |
4th - 8th weeks of development |
Larsen, p 304 |
| Dental buds are present. |
8th week |
Sadler, 7th edition, p 341 |
| The tooth buds for permanent teeth
begin to appear. |
About 10th week after fertilization |
Moore, p 523 |
| The tooth buds for the second and
third permanent molars are developing. |
At birth |
Moore, p 523 |
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