Odontogenesis in the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)

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Authors

BUCHTOVÁ Marcela ZAHRADNÍČEK Oldřich MORAVCOVÁ BALKOVÁ Simona TUCKER Abigail S.

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Archives of Oral Biology
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Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2012.10.019
Field ORL, ophthalmology, stomatology
Keywords Dental lamina; Tooth attachment; Heterodont dentition; Cytokeratin
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Description Replacement teeth in reptiles and mammals develop from a successional dental lamina. In monophyodont (single generation) species such as the mouse, no successional lamina develops. We have selected a reptilian monophyodont species – the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) – to investigate whether this is a common characteristic of species that do not have replacement teeth. Furthermore, we focus on the sequence of tooth initiation along the jaw, and tooth attachment to the bones. Chameleons may provide new and useful information to study the molecular interaction at the tooth–bone interface in physiological as well as pathological conditions.
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