Fusion of two adjacent teeth typically results in which finding on tooth count?

Fusion joins two tooth germs into a single larger tooth, so the arch has one fewer tooth than expected. Gemination, by contrast, is one tooth germ splitting and counts as a normal number.Other options: Fusion does not add teeth or leave the count unchanged; it reduces the count by one.Key exam takeaway: Fusion = one fewer tooth (count is short by one); gemination = normal count.