Histow Flashcards
(162 cards)
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% composition of enamel? What is the main mineral component?
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96% inorganic
Calcium phosphate aka Hydroxyapatite arranged in prisms
1% amelogenins (main protein) and enamelins contained in enamel tuft
3% water
*Dentin: 70% inorg
*cementum: 55% inorg (calcium salts)
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Enamel prisms are arranged…
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Approximately PERPENDICULAR to the dentin at the dentinoenamel junction following a wavy course towards enamel surface
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Gnarled enamel vs straight enamel
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Gnarled enamel - prisms are twisted in a random manner, located over cusps and ridges of premolars and molars, rarely fractures
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Shallow, transverse, wavelike grooves visible under reflected light parallel to the CEJ, surface manifestation of the lines of Retzius
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Perikymata / imbrication line of Pickerill
- encircles the surface of enamel on anatomic crown
Some sources: perikymata - cervical ridges
Imbrication lines - grooves between
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Brown lines seen in ground sections at the enamel
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Incremental striae (lines of Retzius)
-indicate variations in deposition of organic matter in enamel which later calcifies
Hypomineralized area
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Line where enamel is being deposited at birth
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Neonatal line
- represents accentuated lines of Retzius
- reflects metabolif changes at birth
-present in dentin
Enamel Internal to it: formed before birth and has fewer defects
Enamel External to it: formed after birth
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Alternating light and dark bands seen under oblique reflected light in longitudinal ground sections
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Hunter-Schreger bands - DEJ to external surface of enamel / inner 2/3 of enamel (due to periodic changes in the enamel prism direction)
LIGHT ZONE: PARAZONE
DARK ZONE: DIAZONE
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Area of poorly calcified enamel that extend from outer surface into the tissue for variable distances
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Enamel lamellae - sometimes completely through underlying dentin
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Extension of adjacent odontoblastic processes that continue into enamel (left behind kasi)
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Enamel spindles - various terminations (pointed, sharp, rounded)
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Areas of hypocalcification in prisms and interprismatic material (calcification imperfections in enamel prisms) that starts at DEJ and penetrates into enamel
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Enamel tufts - start at DEJ and penetrate into enamel about 1/3 of its thickness
Enamelin: organic material in enamel tufts
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Some patients experience pain on tooth may be due to:
A. Enamel Tufts
B. Enamel lamellae
C. Enamel spindles
D. Striae of Retzius
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C
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Cause of sclerosis in dentinal tubules
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Increase formation of peritubular dentin = decrease permeability
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Optical phenomenon due to cyclic activity of the odontoblasts during dentin formation
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Incremental lines of von Ebner (perpendicular to the dentinal tubules)
Sa DENTIN TO!!
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Completion of radicular dentin formation
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(closure of apex)
Primary: 18months after eruption
Permanent: 2-3yrs after eruption
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Tomes fiber vs tomes process
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Odontoblastic process: tomes fiber
Ameloblast extension: tomes process (responsible for enamel secretion)
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Main bulk of dentin?
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Intertubular dentin
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Immediate wall material which is the peritubular dentin was previously called?
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Sheath of Neumann
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Type of dentin that lines the pulp?
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Secondary dentin -can sometimes obliterate the pulp
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Type of dentin that develops at localized sites stimulated by local irritation
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Tertiary or reparative or irregular dentin
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Type of dentin resulting from stimuli that causes calcification of the odontoblastic process
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Sclerotic or transparent dentin - hypercalcification = harder and denser dentin
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Seen where tome’s process has disintegrated
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Dead tracts in dentin - black in transmitted light, white in reflected light
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Location of cellular and acellular cementum
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Acellular deposited slowly from CEJ to 2/3 of root
Cellular rapidly forms and predominantly in apical 3rd and furcations
Two types mingle in the apical 3rd of the root
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Most common type of CEJ
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Acellular cementum overlaps the cervical enamel (60%)
Cementum and enamel meet at a sharpt point (30%)
No direct connection (10%)
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Involved in dentin formation that originates in the pulp
First sign of mantle dentin formation
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Von Korff’s fibers - type 3 collagen fibers (reticular) + fibronectin
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Calcospherites failed to fuse completely will result to?
Areas of dentin matrix with tubules that are incompletely calcified (interglobular dentin frequently near DEJ)
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Principal fibers that can prevent rotation of the tooth and preclude occlusal displacement
Alveloar crest fibers - cervical cementum to alveolar crest
**Horizontal fibers can also check rotation of the tooth (cervical cementum horizontally to alveolar bone)
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Principal fiber that prevents tooth from being forced into the socket
Oblique fibers - cementum occlusally to alveolar bone (obliquely), largest group
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Fibers that prevent rotation of tooth by radiating out like a fan from the apical region of root
Apical fibers
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Fibers that maintain the mesiodistal relations
Transseptal fibers
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Alveolar process two regions: internal cancellous layer and lamina dura. Other name for lamina dura?
Cribriform plate - it contains many apertures for vessels coursing between the marrow cavities and the PDL
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Type of bone that lines the socket after teeth have been subjected to stress
Bundle bone
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periods of prenatal development
proliferative (0-2 weeks IU) least vulnerable
embryonic (2-8 weeks IU) most vulnerable
fetal (8 weeks-9 months)
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16 cell zygote
morula
*blastocysts is when there is a fluid filled center (yolk sac)*
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lines the primary yolk sac and aids implantation (becomes placenta)
trophoblast cells -digests endometrial cells
*embryoblast will form bilaminar germ disk or embryonic disk (embryo proper)*
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two-layered disk
bilaminar germ disk or embryonic disk
becomes:
ectodermal layer: lines amniotic cavity
endodermal: lines yolk sac
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before placenta forms, what provides nutrition of embryo? ... through??
yolk sac through vitelline arteries
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week when bilaminar becomes trilaminar disk? what is it called?
period of gastrulation
3rd week of gestation
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gastrulation and neurulation events
3rd week
ectodermal layer thickens (neural plate) --> neural folds --> neural groove --> meets at the middle --> neural tube (brain and spinal cord)
migration of *neural crest cells/ ectomesenchyme* (from ectoderm) becomes face and teeth **EXCEPT ENAMEL**; gives rise to neural, endocrine, pigment cells, skeleton, **CT of head and neck**
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when: heart begins to beat?
4th week
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derivatives of ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
**ectoderm**
nervous system
sensory epithelium of eye, ear, nose
mammary and cutaneous glands
epithelium of the sinuses, oral and nasal cavities, intraoral glands
tooth enamel
CT of head and neck
**mesoderm**
muscles
CT derivatives (bone, cartilage, blood, PDL, cementum, pulp etc)
**endoderm**
GI tracct
lungs
liver, gallbladder, pancreas
urinary bladder
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when is the neural tube formed/fused?
18 days - 20 days
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when: facial development
3rd to 7th week IU
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four major tissue masses for facial development
frontonasal process
LEFT AND RIGHT maxillary processes (PA1)
mandibular process (PA1)
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3rd Week IU
rapidly developing brain + heart = **embryo folds**
*stomodeum - primitive mouth; bounded by frontal prominence and PA1
*presence of buccopharyngeal membrane (ectoderm and endoderm)
end of 3rd week: first PA has divided into right and left Maxillary process and mandibular process
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separates the primitive mouth from the foregut
buccopharyngeal membrane - ecto and endoderm
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4th week IU
buccopharyngeal membrane **disintegrates**
**nasal pits** on the *frontonasal process* --> median nasal process, left and right lateral process
heart begins to beat
tongue begins to develop
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5th week IU
fusion of medial nasal process --> philtrum, middle of upper lip, **globular process* --> primary palate/premaxilla
lateral nasal process forms the ala of nose
eyes become prominent at the side
Md arch loses midline constriction
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6th week IU
lateral growth of brain
broadening of face
upper lip forms (MxP + MNP)
6 auricular hillocks (hillocks of His) - from BA1 and BA2 (pharyngeal grooves?) --> external ear
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7th week IU
eyes approach front of face
development of the secondary palate --> completed by 3rd month
maxi process --> two palatine shelves develop --> secondary palate
palatine shelves + nasal septum --> separation of oral and nasal cavities
**PALATE DEVELOPMENT**
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what forms the upper lip??
Maxillary process + median nasal process
*failure of fusion = cleft lip
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when and how: palate development
starts 7 weeks IU
palatal closure: approx 12 weeks
from globular process of MNP --> premaxilla/primary palate
from palatine shelves of L&R maxi process --> secondary palate
*FUSION OF PRIMARY is from posterior to anterior
*FUSION OF SECONDARY is from anterior to posterior
**may contact sa gitna kasii tas dun magstart magfuse
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when and how: development of tongue
4 weeks IU
anterior 2/3
-right and left lateral swellings + tuberculum impar of (BA1)
posterior 1/3 - posterior to old buccopharyngeal membrane
-Copula (BA2) + hyprobranchial eminence (BA3 and BA4) --> eminence grows OVER copula (matatakpan)
-epiglottal swelling (BA4)
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marks the development of epiglottis
posterior part of the 4th BA (epiglottal swelling
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former location of thyroid gland
foramen cecum --> bababa thyroid with thyroglossal duct (parang string then mawawala)
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facial and palatal clefts: critical period?
6th and 7th week IU
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oblique facial cleft is the failure of fusion of?
lateral nasal process and maxillary process
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bilateral cleft lip is the failure of fusion of?
median nasal process and left and right maxillary process
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median cleft lip is the failure of fusion of?
left and right median nasal process at midline
*magkalayo ang median nasal process before kasi
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lateral facial cleft is the failure of fusion of?
maxillary process and mandibular process
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only BA that extend to the midline??
BA1 and BA2
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How was the smooth surface of neck formed? when?
fusion of BA2 and BA5 to eliminate features of 2, 3, 4 BA
5th week!
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BA1 structures?? (Mandibular arch)
**Maxillary** artery
Trigeminal nerve
MOMs
tensor tympani and tensor veli palatini
mylohyoid
**anterior** belly of digastric
malleus, incus, sphenomandibular, Meckel's
external ear, middle ear, eustachean tube
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BA2 structures?? (hyoid)
hyoid artery, stapedial artery
facial nerve
MOF
stapedius, stylohyoid, POSTERIOR digastric
**stylohyoid ligament**
LESSER horn of hyoid
supratonsillar fossa
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BA3 structures
internal carotid artery
glossopharyngeal nerve
**stylopharyngeus**
GREATER horn of the hyoid
INFERIOR parathyroid gland
thymus
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BA4 structures
right subclavian artery
aorta
Vagus nerve
levator veli palatini
palatoglossus
pharyngeal constrictors
cricothyroid
SUPERIOR parathyroid gland
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from what B.A is the parafollicular cells from?
parafollicular cells of thyroid gland (calcitonin) is from BA5
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BA: hyoid??
both BA2 (lesser) and BA3 (greater horn)
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horseshoe shape that will correspond in position to the future dental arches (week??)
Primary epithelial band (6th week IU)
-invagination of the thickened band of oral epithelium into the ectomesenchyme (NCC)
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primary epithelial band will divide into?? contribute to?? (week??)
7th week
1. dental lamina - development of teeth
2. vestibular lamina - vestibule of mouth
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local thickening that develop within the dental lamina corresponding to the positions of the 20 primary teeth?
dental placodes - will proceed to the bud, cap, bell stage
*successional lamina - LINGUAL extensionn that will give rise to the succedaneous teeth
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three parts of tooth germ in the cap stage
enamel organ (from dental lamina) - enamel
dental papilla (from ectomesenchyme) - pulp-dentin complex
dental follicle (from ectomesenchyme) - cementum, pdl, alveolar process
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3 layers of enamel organ
outer enamel epithelium
inner enamel epithelium
stellate reticulum - between IEE OEE
*cap stage
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bell stage histodifferentation
IEE --> becomes pre-ameloblast --> urges adjacent cell to become pre-odontoblast --> mature odontoblast --> lays down uncalcified pre-dentin --> calcification of dentin induces --> maturation of ameloblast --> enamel deposition
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site of CEJ
Cervical loop - formed when IEE and OEE meets; gives rise to Hertwig's and epithelial diaphragm
seen in Bell stage
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remnant of dental lamina entrapped within gingiva; important in pathology
cell rests of Serres
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signals site of future cusp tips
enamel knot
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First dentin formed is found at?
Incisal or cusp area
*Towards cervical loop*
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new layer of collagenous dentinal matrix laid down not yet mineralized
Predentin
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How many microns of dentin is deposited and mineralized?
During crown development and eruption:
4microns deposited in a 24 hr period
2microns mineralized in a 12 hr period
Period of function:
Less that 1 micron deposited per day
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First and outermost layer of dentin
Mantle dentin mineralized by globular mineralization aka calcospheric mineralization
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Succeeding layers formed after mantle dentin
Circumpulpal dentin (linear mineralization)
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Picket fence or saw tooth appearance between enamel and ameloblast
Tome's process --> rod and interrod structure of enamel
**Ameloblastoma
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Very first and very last layer of enamel to be laid down
Prismless enamel
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Responsible for Maturation of enamel
Ruffle ended ameloblast: adds calcium
Smooth ended ameloblast: removes organic part
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Globular mineralization of mantle dentin
Von korff's -> odontoblast secrete matrix vesicles which contain HAP crystals --> increase size of HAP --> HAP breaks out from vesicle --> touch each other pero may gaps (interglobular dentin)
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Contributes to the reduced enamel epithelium
IEE
OEE
*Stellate reticulum
*S. Intermedium
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How was hertwig's root sheath formed
Aka epithelial root sheath
*Cells in the cervical loop (IEE + OEE) proliferate
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Acellular cementum that covers the ends of dentinal tubules and seals root surface
Intermediate cementum
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Remnants of HERS in PDL
Epitheloal cell rests of Malassez
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Uncalcified cementum? Secreted by?
**Cementoid** secreted by cementoblast that differentiated due to tooth follicle being in contact with the exposed root surface
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Area where root sheath bends at 45-degree angle
Epithelial diaphragm
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Responsible for the formation of multi-rooted teeth
Epithelial diaphragm -encircles apical opening of the dental pulp during root development
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Development of root
Cervical loop - HERS - odontoblast differentiation (inner) to form dentin - HERS deposit intermediate cementum - root sheath cells disperse away (Malassez) - mesenchymal cells differentiate to cementoblast - cementoid - cementum
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Eruptive movements phases
1. Pre eruptive - movement made by primary and permanent tooth germs w/in tissues of jaw
2. Eruptive - within crypt to functional position
3. Functional eruptive /post eruptive
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Pre-eruptive movement of primary and permanent teeth (direction/location)
Primary - facial and occlusal or with growth of face
Developing permanent anterior - lingually near apical 3rd of primary
Developing permanent premolars - furcation of primary molars
Developing permanent molars
-upper molars: develop in Mx tuberosities **occlusal surfaces slanting distally**
-lower molars: develop in the base of mandibular rami with**surface slanting mesially**
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When does the eruptive phase begin? First clinical sign?
Begins with the initiation of root formation and ends when the teeth reach occlusal contact
Emergence is the first clinical sign
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Contributes to the junctional epithelium
REE + oral epithelium
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Believed to guide teeth towards complete tooth eruption
Gubernacular cord aka gubernacular dentis contained in gubernacular canals
*present on succedaneous teeth*
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Delicate membrane that covers the entire crown of newly eruptive teeth (2 names and from what structure??)
Primary enamel cuticle aka Nasmyth's membrane from reduced enamel epithelium. Removed by mastication
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Causes for functional eruptive / posteruptive phase
Accommodation of growth
Compensation for occlusal wear
Accommodation for interproximal wear
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Factors that can cause mesial drift (functional eruptive)
Anterior component of occlusal force
Contraction of transseptal ligament
Soft tissue pressures
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Contributes to the ruffled-border appearance that suggests resorption of primary tooth
Odontoclast
Causes of exfoliation: odontoclast and pressure from erupting successional teeth
**Submerged teeth** successional tooth does not exist
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Boundrary between rod and interrod enamel is delimited by a narrow space containing **organic** material called?
Rod sheath
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Predominant form of human enamel (cross section)
Pattern III: Keyhole pattern
Pattern I: Circular
Pattern II: aligned in parallel rows
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Represents 24-hour cycle of incremental growth of enamel
Cross striations (short term apposition)
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Represents incremental growth pattern of enamel over a week or 5-10 days (longitudinal and cross section???)
Enamel striae aka incremental lines of Retzius -Longer apposition
Longitudinal: oblique lines from DEJ to surface
Cross-sectional: concentric lines
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initiation
bud stage
cap stage
bell stage
appositional stage
happens in what week?
initiation = 6th week
bud = 8th week
cap = 9th week
bell = 11th week
appositional = 14th week
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defects that can occur due to abnormalities during the initiation stage?
anodontia or supernumerary
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defects that can occur due to abnormalities during the cap stage?
dens in dente, gemination, fusion, tubercles
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defects that can occur due to abnormalities during the appositional stage?
enamel dysplasia, concrescence, enamel pearls
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last layer of enamel secreted by ameloblast
Nasmyth membrane / primary enamel cuticle
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membrane between enamel organ and dental papilla, makes the DEJ
membrane performativa
-gives rise to shape of crown
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defects that can occur due to abnormalities during the bell stage?
dentinogenesis and amelogenesis imperfecta, micro/macrodontia
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mineralization stage takes ___ to complete
2 years; it starts at DEJ = first enamel and dentin is formed here
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composition of dentin
70% inorganic calcium hydroxyapatite crystals
20% organic (mostly type 1 collagen)
10% water
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directly underlies mantle dentin and comprises the bulk of the tooth's primary dentin
circumpulpal dentin - contains smaller in diameter and more randomly oriented collagen fibers
*more mineralized than mantle dentin.
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reactionary vs reparative dentin
both are tertiary type of dentin
reactionary - from preexisting odontoblast and due to mild injury. tubular and continuous with primary and secondary dentin
reparative / **osteodentin** - newly differentiated odontoblast, more severe pulpal incure, atubular, deposited immediatedly adjacent to it
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path of dentinal tubules seen in ground sections
crown: S shaped
root: straight
*dentinal tubules are larger near the pulp, more surface area of dentin, and there's increased number of tubules
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primary content of the dentinal tubule
Tome's process
*if it dies or distintegrates, = empty dentinal tubules = dead tracts
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band of newly formed unmineralized matrix of dentin at the pulpal border of dentin adjacent to odontoblast
predentin
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dentin matrix that immediately surrounds the dentinal tubule (hyper or hypomineralized?)
peritubular dentin / intratubular dentin
hypermineralized collar --> if completely fills the tubules --> **sclerotic dentin / transparent dentin** / calcified dentin
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type of dentin located between and around the dentinal tubules
intertubular dentin (it is less calcified than peritubular dentin)
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zone between the peritubular and intertubular dentin (hyper or hypomineralized?
Sheath of Neuman
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represents the daily deposition of 4 micros of dentin. what is the counterpart in enamel and cementum?
incremental lines of von ebner
enamel - IL of retzius
cementum - IL of Salter
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results from the coincidence of secondary curvatures between dentinal tubules
contour lines of Owen
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hypomineralized region of dentin only present in the root; looping of terminal tubules
Granular layer of tomes
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four distinct zones of the pulp
1. odontoblastic zone - processes extend into dentin; zone is more pronounced in the coronal pulp;
in the rad pulp and furcation areas, odontoblasts are more cuboidal rather than columnar
2. cell-free zone of Weil - contains capillaries, unmyelinated fibers; **subodontoblastic plexus of Raschkow** - present in coronal pulp
3. cell-rich zone - contains lymphocytes, dendritic, macrophages
4. pulp proper - blood vessels of the pulp, nerve endings
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most abuntant cells found in the dental pulp (and all cells found in the pulp)
**fibroblast**
odontoblast
undifferentiated ectomesenchymal cells
macrophages (histiocytes or wandering cells) and dendritic cells
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Pain theories and the pulp-dentin complex
1. direct innervation theory - nerves extend to DEJ
2. transduction theory - odontoblastic process is the pain receptor that conducts pain to nerve endings presend in the pulp
3. hydrodynamic theory / Brannstrom - pain is caused by stimuli that produce fluid movement and disturbs the odontoblastic processes within the dentinal tubules
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pulp changes with age
DECREASE in pulp size, cellularity, capability of repair
INCREASE in fibrosis, pulp stones/denticles (pulp chamber), diffuse calcifications (root canal)
true denticles - with dentinal tubules
false denticles - concentric layers of calcified tissue
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marker for areas where resorption may have occurred but cementum repair takes place to reverse effects
reversal lines
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first cementum to be deposited on the root
intermediate cementum / Hyaline layer of Hopewell Smith
formed by IEE of HERS
located between tome's granular layer and primary cementum
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types of cementum
acellular cementum / primary cementum - initial layer of cementum deposited on the intermediate cementum - cervical 3rd
cellular/ secondary cementum - apical 3rd and interradicular regions of premolars and molars - associated with **repair**!!
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processes of the cementocytes that extend through narrow channels
canaliculi
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extrinsic fibers embedded into the cementum which run **perpendicular** to root surface
Sharpey's fibers
intrinsic fiber - runs parallel to root surface produced by cementoblasts
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composition of alveolar bone
60% inorganic (hydroxyapatite crystals
25% organic (type 1 collagen)
5% water
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Alveolar process type of bone absent in the anterior region
trabecular or spongy bone
*red marrow - mostly in mandi
*yellow marrow - mostly in the maxi
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bone that lines the socket
bundle bone or cribriform plate
-XR: lamina dura
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width of the alveolar crest
determined by shape of adjacent teeth
narrow crest: between teeth with relatively flat surface
widened crest - teeth with convex surface or teeth with diastema
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principal collagen fibers embedded in the alveolar proper (bundle bone)
sharpey's fibers
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composition of PDL
mostly collagen fibers
mostly type 1; some **oxytalan** fibers = regulation of vascular flow
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gingival fiber group that resists gingival displacement
circular / circumferential fibers - extends around the tooth at the level of the CEJ
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gingival fiber group that causes the relapse of rotated teeth
transseptal fibers - from cementum of one tooth to the adjacent tooth
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peridontal fiber group that resists vertical
interradicular group (furcation to alveolar bone proper)
apical group to resist extrusion / vertical
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alveolar crest and oblique group - resist vertical and intrusive
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Horizontal group to resist horizontal and tipping forces
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lamina propria layers
papillary layer - collagen are thin and loosely arranged with many capillary loops
reticular layer - deeper, thicker layer; collagen fibers are arranged in thick bundles
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orthokeratinized vs parakeratinized
ortho - no nucleus in s. CORNEUM
para - pyknotic nuclei in s CORNEUM
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Oral mucosa: areas covered with lining mucosa, masticatory mucosa, and specialized mucosa
lining mucosa: FOM, buccal mucosa, **alveolar mucosa**, lips, soft palate, ventral surface of tongue (epithelial ridges are fewer)
masticatory: hard palate, alveolar ridges, gingiva
specialized: dorsum of tongue
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only kind of specialized mucosa that is lined with keratinized epithelium
filiform papillae - tough, abrasive surface
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location of taste buds
trench of circumvallate
lateral walls of foliate
fungiform
mucosa of soft palate
epiglottis
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types of cells located in the taste bud
supporting cells / sustentacular cells - periphery of tase buds
neuroepithelial cells / gustatory cells / taset cells - elongated microvilli that project into the tase pore or shortened villi into the base of the pore; assoc with nerves
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contractile cells that surronds the ducs and acini. it contains myofilaments similar to smooth muscle fibers
myoepithelial cells aka basket cells
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differentiate serous cells, mucous cells, serous demilunes (other name)
serous - secretes zymogen granules - amylase - watery consistency
mucous - secretes muciin - viscous - lubricant
serous demilunes /**Demilunes of Gianuzzi** - terminal mucous cells with a cap of serous demilunes will secrete a mixed product
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INTRAlobular duct system
intercalated ducts - receives secretions from acini, simple cuboidal, saliva is isotonic, contributes lactoferrin and lysozyme
striated - main intralobular ductal component, simple columnar, receives secretions from intercalated, hypotonic (sodium reabsorption + K excretion)
interlobular excretory ducts - pseudostratified columnar cells (excretory ducts)
acini is simple cuboidal
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minor salivary glands in the peritonsillar region and type of secretion
weber's gland - mucous
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minor salivary glands in the retromolar area
carmalt's gland
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contents of dentinal tubules
odontoblastic process, periodontoblastic space (contains dentinal fluid), intratubular nerve (from plexus of Rashkow)
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nerve supply of pulp
rashkow's plexus, sympathetic and afferent
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nerve supply, vascular, lymphatics of PDL
maxillary artery
trigeminal nerve
submandibular lymph nodes
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collagen type in the basement membrane
type IV and laminin
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areas in the oral mucosa where submucosa is not present
attached gingiva, hard palate, tongue
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The amount of collagen in a tissue can be determined by its?
Hydroxyglycine
Collagen contains AA: glycine, proline, hydroxylysine, hydroxyproline
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Smallest neuron in the brain
Granule cells
