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Removal of occlusal contact in the absence of attrition liberates the growth potential of the rat incisor, which is expressed in a doubled rate of axial growth and eruption. The differentiation times, the life spans and the rates of apposition of dental hard tissue-forming cells, however, are independent of the rates of growth and eruption.
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