Genesis (Greek genesis "birth" "origin" "genesis") is usually composed as the second part of the word (.... -genesis) and is part of numerous foreign words and technical terms in dental medicine, such as dentinogenesis, distraction osteogenesis, osteogenesis, osteoneogenesis, composite osteogenesis or cementogenesis.
The medical term genesis stands for "origin" or "cause" of a disease, whereby this can be subdivided into unclear genesis, inflammatory genesis as inflammation or expression of the immune reaction of the organism or traumatic genesis due to injury or damage, e.g. due to a dental accident (dental trauma).
"Genetically determined" means in connection with diseases, malfunctions, etc. This means that the causes lie in the genetic make-up of the affected person. This is often also referred to as "hereditary", which is synonymous with "hereditary".