Editing Gecko (section)

==Teeth==
As [[Polyphyodont|polyphyodonts]], geckos can replace each of their 100&nbsp;teeth every 3 to 4 months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.DevBio.Biology.gatech.edu/?page_id=3229|title=Mechanism of Tooth Replacement in Leopard Geckos – Developmental Biology Interactive|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312094002/http://www.devbio.biology.gatech.edu/?page_id=3229|archive-date=2015-03-12}}</ref> Next to the full grown tooth there is a small replacement tooth developing from the [[Animal tooth development|odontogenic]] [[stem cell]] in the [[dental lamina]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Identification of putative dental epithelial stem cells in a lizard with life-long tooth replacement |author1=Gregory R. Handrigan |author2=Kelvin J. Leung |author3=Joy M. Richman |journal=Development |year=2010 |volume=137 |issue=21 |pages=3545–3549 |doi=10.1242/dev.052415 |pmid=20876646|doi-access=free }}</ref> The formation of the teeth is [[pleurodont]]; they are fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jaw bones.
This formation is common in all species in the order [[Squamata]].
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