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Week 4 - Dental Pulp Flashcards

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What is the cap stage characterized by?

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Dental papilla development

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What is the bell stage characterized by?

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Primitive pulp

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When is capillary development?

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During the bell stage

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What zones make up mature dental pulp?

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Dentin
Predentin
Odontoblast layer
Cell rich zone
Pulpal core

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What cells make up the pulpal core?

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Dendritic cells

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What kind of tissue does dental pulp consist of and what is it derived from?

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Consists of loose connective tissue derived from neural crest cells

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What two compartments is mature dental pulp divided into?

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Odontogenic zone
Pulpal core

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What makes up the odontogenic zone?

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  • Odontoblast cell layer
  • Cell-free zone of Weil
  • Cell-rich zone
  • Parietal plexus of nerves (Raschkow’s plexus)
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What makes up the pulpal core?

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  • Fibroblasts
  • Type I and III collagen
  • Extracellular matrix
  • Blood vessels
  • Nerve tissue
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What are the functions of dental pulp?

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  • Embryonic induction (stimulates enamel organ)
  • Formative
  • Protective
  • Reparative
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What do cell populations in pulpal tissue include?

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  • Odontoblasts
  • Fibroblasts (MOST AMOUNT)
  • Undifferentiated mesenchymal cells (ready to mature and become whatever)
  • Macrophages
  • Dendritic cells
  • Blood vessel-related cells (e.g., endothelial &
    pericytes)
  • Neural-related cells (e.g., Schwann cells)
  • Lymphocytes (for immune response)
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What is extracellular matrix of pulpal tissue made of?

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Collagen types I, III, IV, and V (via odontoblasts)
- III is most numerous

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What are non-collagenous matrix components?

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  • Proteoglycans
  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Glycoproteins
  • γ- carboxyglutamate-containing proteins
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What are examples of γ- carboxyglutamate-containing proteins?

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  • BMP-2, 4, and 7
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF)
  • Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF)
  • Dentin Matrix Protein (DMP)
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What do γ- carboxyglutamate-containing proteins do?

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Stimulate growth maturation of ameloblasts and odontoblasts

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What nerve axons does pulpal innervation include?

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Myelinated and nonmyelinated

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Where do nerve axons branch?

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They progressively
branch, passing through the subodontoblastic layer
as the parietal neural plexus (Rashchow’s plexus), on
to the odontoblastic cell layer and some fibers enter
into dentinal tubules.

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What are most nerve endings in the pulp for?

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pain (free nerve
endings as sensory afferents from CNV) with a few concerned with vasodilatation or constriction

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What nerve do sensory afferents come from?

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Trigeminal CNV

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What are sensory afferents that the trigeminal nerve brings?

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  • Pain
  • Mechanical (pressure)
  • Thermal (heat)
  • Tactile (touch)
21
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Sympathetic branches from the superior
cervical ganglion are primarily?

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vasomotor
fibers to pulpal blood vessels, concerned
for the most part, with vasoconstriction

22
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The majority of myelinated pulpal nerve axons are

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A-δ (A-delta):
* Fast conducting
* Diameter in range of 1-6 µm

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1% of myelinated nerve fibers are classified as

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A-β
(A-beta) fibers:
* 6-12 µm diameter

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Nonmyelinated fibers are designated as

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“C” fibers
and have small diameters, ranging from 0.4 to 1.2 µm

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A-δ fibers are associated with what kind of pain?
Sharp, localized pain
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“C” fibers are associated with what kind of pain?
Dull, diffuse pain
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Neuropeptides and neurotransmitters identified in dental pulp include
 Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) * Vasodilatation, stimulates fibroblast cell division  Substance P * Vasodilatation, stimulates fibroblast cell division  Epinephrine * Vasoconstrictive via arteriole smooth muscles  Norepinephrine * Sympathetic vasoconstrictor  Dopamine * Vasoactive or a precursor of epinephrine  Endorphin * silencer of nociceptors (silencer of pain)
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Each nerve fiber of dental pulp contributes to?
8 branches to Raschkow’s plexus
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Where do most nerve fibers terminate?
Most terminate in the plexus as free, nonmyelinated nerve endings
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What makes myelin sheath?
Schwann cells
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What location has the highest branching of nerve axons? Lowest?
Highest: pulp horns Lowest: root
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What is larger - arterioles or venules?
Venules
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Where do terminal capillaries anastomose?
Deep to the odontoblastic layer
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Where are capillary loops dense? less dense?
dense in the coronal and pulp horns and significantly less dense in the radicular pulp
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What capillaries and vessels are found in pulp?
Continuous and fenestrated capillaries and lymph vessels are found in pulp
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What happens to blood vessels in pulp with aging?
exhibit changes such as cholesterol plaques (atherosclerosis). If progressive and severe, atherosclerotic plaques can result in pulpal hypoxia due to vessel strangulation
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What do fenestrated capillaries leak?
Serum that becomes a component of the "tissue fluid"
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What do fenestrated capillaries contribute to?
Swelling and edema due to significant leakage of serum in states of inflammation - swelling due to more blood to area and leaking to surrounding areas
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When does a pulpal fibrosis occur?
Shrinkage of the pulp with increasing age or persistent low-grade injury, e.g., multiple restorations in a single tooth, chronic bruxism, repeated thermal insult, etc.
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What are diffuse calcifications?
Irregular calcified deposits along collagen fiber bundles or within blood vessels resulting from chronic low-grade inflammation
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What do true pulp stones contain?
Dentinal tubules
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What do false pulp stones feature?
concentric layers of calcified tissue but are void of dentinal tubules
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What are pulp stones classified as?
either free, attached or embedded calcifications - no pain or issues unless need a root canal
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What is an abscess?
a dense aggregation of neutrophils and macrophages and other inflammatory cells within connective tissue undergoing liquefactive necrosis (tissue is liquified)
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Due to the inability of pulpal tissue to swell, the increasing edema and inflammatory cell infiltration will eventually lead to
Pulpal necrosis - clinically by persistent pain and periapical necrosis of the PDL and associated alveolar bone
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The periapical necrosis is seen on dental radiographs as
a radiolucent area associated with the apex of the involved tooth
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What is diffuse cellulitis?
Could be a result from periapical abscess, the abscess enlarges so much to where it's involving airways - spread to muscle and possibly airways
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What is treatment for periapical abscess?
Incision and drainage Possible root canal

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