An ankylosed deciduous tooth will prevent the eruption of a permanent tooth because the alveolar crest of bone fuses in the cervical area with dentin of a resorbing root.

A) Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
B) Both the statement and the reason are correct but are NOT related.
C) The statement is correct,but the reason is NOT correct.
D) The statement is NOT correct,but the reason is correct.
E) NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct.