When disc brakes for high performance cars arrived on the scene we began to hear of warped brake discs on road going cars, with the same analyses and diagnoses. Typically, the discs are resurfaced to cure the problem and, equally typically, after a relatively short time the roughness or vibration comes back.
As a result, the cheek teeth, like the incisors, have evolved to continuously grow throughout life. In other rodents, the diet of tubers, seeds, and grain requires little chewing, resulting in little wear of the cheek teeth.
Tooth development or odontogenesis is the complex process by which tooth form from embryonic cells, grow, and erupt into the mouth. For human teeth to have a healthy oral environment, all parts of the tooth must develop during appropriate stages of fetal development. Primary (baby) teeth start to form between the sixth and eighth week of prenatal development, and permanent teeth begin to form in the twentieth week. If teeth do not start to develop at or near these times, they will not develop at all, resulting in Hypodontia or Anodontia.