Berkovitz B K
Biomedical Sciences Division, King's College London.
Dent Update. 1990 Jun;17(5):206-10.
The cause of delayed eruption is usually obvious and treatable (as with lack of space or impeding supernumerary teeth). However, in some cases there is no obvious cause. Treatment of these cases might be easier if we fully understood the mechanism of eruption itself. Unfortunately, the precise process of generating the eruptive force for teeth has not yet been fully elucidated. Various hypotheses have been put forward. In this article the author reviews current theories, and describes some of the experimental difficulties in testing them.
牙齿萌出延迟的原因通常很明显且可治疗（如空间不足或存在阻碍的多生牙）。然而，在某些情况下，并无明显原因。如果我们能充分理解牙齿萌出本身的机制，这些病例的治疗可能会更容易。不幸的是，产生牙齿萌出力的确切过程尚未完全阐明。人们提出了各种假说。在本文中，作者回顾了当前的理论，并描述了在检验这些理论时遇到的一些实验困难。
