What's the difference between circumposition and infraposition?
Circumposition
Definition:
(n.) The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed.
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Infraposition
Definition:
(n.) A situation or position beneath.
Example Sentences:
(1) The infraposition of deciduous molars requires orthodontic therapy, whereas that of permanent molars necessitates treatment at a special clinic.
(2) Our findings suggest that many further phenomena belong to the same group of micromanifestations such as supernumerary teeth, either of typical or atypical shape (mesiodentes), supernumerary cusps and roots, gemination and fusion of teeth, infraposition of deciduous molars with a tendency to inclusion, just as undermining resorption of the (upper) second deciduous molar caused by the first molar, and, last but not least, a large distance of the germ of the (lower) second molar from the first molar as well as retention of those teeth.