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    Teeth can be differentiated based on their attachment to jaw bones. Acrodont teeth attach to the summit of the jaw bone, as seen in sharks and frogs, and are easily broken but replaced. Pleurodont teeth attach to the inner side and one side of the jaw bone, as common in salamanders and lizards. Thecodont teeth have well-developed roots implanted in deep sockets in the jaw bone, as characteristic of mammals and also seen in crocodilians and a fossil toothed bird.

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    Teeth can be differentiated based on their attachment to jaw bones. Acrodont teeth attach to the summit of the jaw bone, as seen in sharks and frogs, and are easily broken but replaced. Pleurodont teeth attach to the inner side and one side of the jaw bone, as common in salamanders and lizards. Thecodont teeth have well-developed roots implanted in deep sockets in the jaw bone, as characteristic of mammals and also seen in crocodilians and a fossil toothed bird.

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    Acrodont Pleurodont Thecodont: Fig. - Methods of Attachment of Teeth On Jaws

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    Teeth can be differentiated based on their attachment to jaw bones. Acrodont teeth attach to the summit of the jaw bone, as seen in sharks and frogs, and are easily broken but replaced. Pleurodont teeth attach to the inner side and one side of the jaw bone, as common in salamanders and lizards. Thecodont teeth have well-developed roots implanted in deep sockets in the jaw bone, as characteristic of mammals and also seen in crocodilians and a fossil toothed bird.

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    (iii) Attachment of teeth : On the basis of attachment of teeth at their

    bases with the jaw bones, teeth can be differentiated into


    (a) Acrodont : Teeth are attached to the free surface or summit of the jaw
    bone, as in a shark or frog. Such teeth are apt to break off easily but are
    replaced.
    TEETH

    JAW BONE

    CROWN

    ROOT

    ACRODONT
    PLEURODONT THECODONT
    Fig. Methods of attachment of teeth on jaws

    (b) Pleurodont : In this condition,


    common in urodeles and lizards, teeth are attached to the inner side of jaw bone
    by their base as well as one side.
    (c) Thecodont : Such teeth are characteristic of mammals. Teeth have well
    developed roots implanted in deep individual pits or socketes called alveoli or
    theca, in the jaw bone. These type of teeth also present in crocodilians, fossil
    toothed bird (Archeaeopteryx).

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