Tooth Development Flashcards
What happens straight after fertilisation?
Zygote undergoes mitosis and secretes fluids by cells becoming a BLASTOCYST
Blastocyst travels to become implanted in the endometrium of the uterus
What happens during the second week of prenatal development?
The implanted blastocyst grows
Bilaminar embryonic disk develops
When do the neural crest cells develop?
In the third week
Where do the neural crest cells (NCCs) develop from?
Neuroectoderm
Where do neural crest cells migrate from and to?
They migrate from the crests of the neural folds and join the MESODERM to form mesenchyme
What is the mesenchyme do?
It is involved in the development of many face and neck structures (like the branchial arches)
Mesenchyme differentiates to form most of the connective tissue of the head
When do trilaminar disks form?
At the beginning of week 3
What two things make up the neuroectoderm?
Neural plate
Neural grooves
What happens in week 4?
Development of the face begins in the 4th week of prenatal development
5 facial processes for around the primitive mouth
What are the 5 facial processes that form around the primitive mouth in the 4th week?
Stomodeum
Frontonasal process
Maxillar process
Mandibular process
Mandibular symphysis
When do ectoderm begin to line the primitive mouth?
Week 6
What gives rise to the oral epithelium?
The outer part of the ectoderm
When does primary tooth development begin?
Week 6
What happens in week 6 in regard to tooth development
Primary tooth development begins with the formation of the epithelial band
The embryo’s oral epithelium thickens (by thickening cells in the superficial layer)
Thickening cells grow down into the mesenchyme forming a horseshoe shaped band in each developing arch
When does dental lamina formation begin?
Week 7
What happens BY week 7?
The primary epithelial bands have divided into 2 processes beginning the development of the lip and jaw
What happens in week 7 in regard to dental lamina formation?
The oral epithelium of the band grows deeper into the ectomesenchyme
Ectomesenchyme is induced to divide and produce 2 types of lamina:
1. Buccal placed vestibular lamina
2. Lingual placed dental lamina
What are the 2 lamina the ectomesenchyme are induced to produce in week 7?
- Buccal placed vestibular lamina which contributes to development of the vestibule of the mouth (lining of lips, cheeks and buccal sulcus)
- Lingual places dental lamina which is an arched shape thickening of the epithelium in the primitive oral cavity which contributes to the development of teeth . Dental lamina begins to form initially in the midline for both arches and progresses posteriorly. underlying ectomesenchyme can be observed to be
condensing
How can development of the dental lamina be seen?
It will increase in length
What can we observe by week 8 in regard to dental lamina formation?
We can observe the development of a series of swelling on the deep surface of the lamina
These are early developing tooth germs each surrounded by mesenchymal condensation
What does the term induction describe in relation to ectodermal-mesenchymal interactions?
The term induction describes the effect of one cell layer on another
What passes between epithelium and mesenchyme binding? What do these substances do?
Bioactive signalling molecules like transcription factors, growth factors and cytokines are produced in a specific sequence
They pass between epithelium and mesenchymal binding sites to cel receptors
They set off a series of intracellular cascades
What do intracellular cascades, between epithelial and mesenchyme binding, do?
They regulate gene expression thereby altering cell behaviour
Which arch is responsible for the imitation of tooth development at the early stages?
The first pharyngeal arch (branchial arch) epithelium