Anodontia Health Dictionary

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Anodontia: From 2 Different Sources

Failure of some or all of the teeth to develop.

It may be due to absence of tooth buds at birth or the result of damage to developing tooth buds by infection or other widespread disease.

If only a few teeth are missing, a bridge can fill the gap; if all the teeth are missing, a denture is needed.

Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
n. the absence of all primary and/or permanent teeth because they have failed to develop. It is more common for only a few teeth to fail to develop (see hypodontia; oligodontia).
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Hypodontia

n. congenital absence of one or more teeth (not including the third molars, whose absence is considered a normal variation). Forms of hypodontia include *oligodontia and *anodontia.... hypodontia

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