primate spaces

MAX- b/w laterals and canines

MAND- b/w canines and molars

1. present from the time term erupt.

2. development spaces present b/w incisors since beginning bur become larger as child
grows

CVM cervical vertebrae growth measurement method - is a better predictor for Timing of the
adolescent growth spurt than chronological age

and better than hand wrist radiographs

pre-emerging tooth eruption

1. resorption of bone and primary tooth roots

2. propulsive mechanism then must move the tooth in direction whereas path has been
cleared

~ signal for bone resorption is activated by completion of crown

~ bone resorption