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What are the 4 layers that make up a tooth?

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1) Enamel
2) Dentine
3) Dental pulp
4) Cementum

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What is contained within the pulp chamber?

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Dental pulp
Blood vessels
Nerves

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Where do vessels and nerves enter / leave the tooth?

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Apical foramina

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What forms the wall of the pulp chamber?

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Dentine

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What two components make up the dentine structure?

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1) Collagen

2) Calcium hydroxyapatite

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What % are both components of dentine present in?

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Collagen = 25%

Ca-Hydroxyapatite = 75%

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What is the function of collagen in dentine?

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Strength in tension

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What is the function of calcium hydroxyapatite in dentine?

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Strength in compression

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What are the two regions for every erupted tooth?

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1) Crown (above gingiva)

2) Root (below gingiva)

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Where does the root of the tooth sit?

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In the alveolus

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What is the outer-most layer of the root region of a tooth?

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Cementum

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What is the outer-most layer of the crown region of a tooth?

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Enamel

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The composition of cementum is like which other tooth layer?

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Dentine

i.e. 75-80% mineralised

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What is the composition of enamel?

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99% mineralised.

very brittle

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Tooth development occurs from which developmental origins?

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1) Ectoderm
2) Neural crest tissue
3) Mesoderm

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What cell produces dentine and where is it found?

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Odontoblasts

In the pulp chamber

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What cell produces enamel?

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Ameloblasts

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Where do odontoblasts and ameloblasts initially meet?

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Enamel-dentine junction (EDJ)

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What happens to ameloblasts before tooth eruption?

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They disappear.

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What cell produces cementum?

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Cementoblasts

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How many stages are there to tooth development?

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6

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What are the names of tooth development stages from early to late?

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1) Placode stage
2) Bud stage
3) Cap stage
4) Bell stage
5) Crown stage
6) Eruption

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The jaw is formed from what embryological structure?

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First pharyngeal arch

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The lower jaw arises from what structure within the first pharyngeal arch?

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Mandibular prominence

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The upper is formed from two developmental parts. Firstly, how are these split?
Mesially (4 incisors) Distally (canine-> m3)
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The mesial section of the upper jaw arises from what prominence?
Frontonasal prominence
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The distal section of the upper jaw arises from which prominence?
Maxillary prominence
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Teeth form as a result of the interaction between which two developmental layers?
1) Dental lamina (neural crest) | 2) Mesenchyme
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Which developmental layer invades the other, to form U shaped arches for each tooth?
Dental lamina invades the mesenchyme
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In the bud stage, which developmental tissue is responsible for expressing signals?
Dental lamina
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Signals from the dental lamina result in the expression / inhibition of what transcription factor within the mesenchyme?
Pax-9
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Pax-9 is expressed and inhibited in various areas. What structures result from these differences?
Pax-9 expression: - Tooth development Pax-9 inhibition: - Gaps between teeth
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Where pax-9 is not expressed, another protein is expressed - what is it?
Bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs)
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In the bud stage, what layer forms between the dental lamina and the mesenchyme?
Enamel epithelium
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What two structures form the enamel organ?
Enamel epithelium | Dental lamina
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Within the cap stage, the horizontal side of the enamel epithelium is the site of which cell? To form what structure?
Ameloblasts Forming enamel.
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What structure is responsible for forming a tooth's cusp?
Enamel knots.
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At the cap stage, what tissue becomes the primary signalling centre?
Mesenchyme
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What studies have shown the mesenchyme to be the primary signalling centre?
Transplant studies of mesenchyme.
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The mesenchyme can be described as what at the cap stage?
Dental papilla
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What cells does the dental papilla give rise to? What tissue do they go on to make?
Odontoblasts Make dentine.
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Enamel knots begin acting as signalling centres at the bell stage. What factors are produced WITHIN the knot to stimulate what change?
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs). Stimulates growth and division.
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What factor is expressed around the knot and inhibits growth?
BMP-4
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Tooth and jaw growth involves epigenetic interactions between which two structures?
Alveolar bone Tooth roots
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What effect do tooth roots have on alveolar bone?
Stimulate alveolar ossification.
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What 2 phenotypes occur in MSx-1 k/o mice? | What paper?
Normal mandibles No teeth + no alveolar processes (= undeveloped alveolar bone) (Satokata and Maas, 1994)
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In senescence, tooth loss has what effect on the jaw?
Reduced demand for alveolar bone to buttress teeth, as a result of lower strain on the jaw, particularly at muscle attachment sites. ALVEOLAR BONE resorption occurs.
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Why is alveolar bone resorption particularly bad for ageing individuals?
Coupled with osteoporosis, much more likely to fracture.
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In evolutionary terms, where did teeth most likely arise from?
Dermal denticles
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What evidence supports this, in the context of developmental layers?
Both dermal denticles and teeth arise from ectoderm/mesoderm/neural crest contributions. DON'T contain endoderm.
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Why might endoderm be thought to be involved in teeth? Contributing to the confirmation that teeth arose from dermal denticles?
Oral cavity is a structure that is derived from the bucco-pharyngeal membrane, which degenerates early in development. Therefore part of GI tract. GI tract is lined by endoderm.
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What are the 2 hypotheses for teeth and denticle relationship?
Outside-in hypothesis Inside-out hypothesis
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What are the 3 reasons for why the outside-in hypothesis is more likely?
1) Endoderm labelling shows NO contribution from ENDODERM in mice. 2) Fossil developmental stages support tooth/dermal denticle homology. 3) Fossil basal gnathostomes show dermal denticles are modified as they approach the oral cavity.
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What are the 3 specialisations of mammalian dentition?
1) Mastication - specific to mammals 2) Differentiated dentition (of which there are 4 types) 3) Delayed eruption 4) Fewer sets of teeth
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What is different about molars in regards to deciduous / adult teeth?
Humans ONLY have adult molars - no deciduous versons.
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# Define: monophyodont Give an example
One set of teeth | e.g. Marsupialia
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# Define: diphyodont Give an example
Two sets of teeth | e.g. humans
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# Define: polyphyodont Given an example
Multiple sets of teeth | e.g. Reptilia
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What occurs to the dental lamina in diphydonts that doesn't occur in polyphyodonts?
Dental lamina fragments and regresses following formation of permanent dentition. (maintained throughout life in polyphyodonts)
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What two features characterise the typical mammalian growth pattern?
Rapid juvenile growth Growth cessation at maturity
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What does the typical mammalian growth pattern allow for?
Diphyodonty
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How do we get around the disadvantages of diphyodonty in early stages of life?
Ability to suckle - reduces teeth exposure time, so more likely to stay around for longer.
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What structure attaches the cementum to the alveolar bone in human adults?
Periodontal ligaments
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(extra reading) Name 3 important signalling genes?
FGF8 BMP4 Shh
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(extra reading) What is the role of FGF8 in tooth development? (K/O studies) (author?)
K/O resulting in large defects in proximal structures derived from 1st pharyngeal arch = teeth, jaws, lateral skull wall, middle ear, part of tongue. (Trumpp et al., 1999)
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(extra reading) What is the role of BMP4 in tooth development? (Author?)
BMP4 antagonises FGFs - where it is expressed, it inhibits FGFs and thus determines tooth location. (Neubeuser, 1997)
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(extra reading) What are the 2 roles of Shh in tooth development? What has been shown in tooth development from K/O studies? (author?)
Important in crown formation + bud stage of tooth development. K/O shows deficits in tooth size, morphology and organisation of matrix cells. (Cho et al., 2011)

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