tooth placode
An tooth placode is a thickening of the ectoderm that will give rise to the tooth bud[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060790 ]
Synonyms: tooth anlage, dental anlage, dental placode, odontogenic placode, dental primordium, tooth primordium
Term info
- TAO:0001153
- BTO:0001511
- ZFA:0001153
Placode that develops into a tooth. The placode is a thickening of the pharyngeal epithelium.[TAO]
In mammals this may be located in the alveolar ridges, but note that some species such as zebrafish have ceratobranchial teeth. Sharks have dermal denticles that share developmental origins. Currently we don't include location information due to this diversity, but in future we may include specific subclasses and/or taxon GCIs.
tooth germ
uberon
UBERON:0005087