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18. Dentine-Pulp Complex Flashcards

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1
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Define ‘dental pulp’

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connective tissue derived from mesenchymal cells of dental papilla

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2 types of dental pulp

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  • coronal pulp
  • radicular pulp
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Apical foramen and accessory canals are entry for …

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  • blood vessels for nourishment
  • nerves for sensation
  • lymphatic vessels for lymph drainage
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Dental pulp is … connective tissue made of …

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  • loose
  • extracellular matrix
  • diff cell types
  • blood and lymphatic vessels
  • nerves
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Dental pulp is …% water and …% organic material
Does this ever change?

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  • 75, 25
  • changes in development (dental papilla to dental pulp) and varies between tooth types
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Is there hard tissue in dental pulp?

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  • none in normal pulp
  • calcifications and pulp stones occur in aged teeth
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How different is pulp structure in primary and permanent teeth?

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similar
- 4 zones in each

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4 histological zones in pulp

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  • odontoblast cell layer
  • cell-free zone
  • cell-rich zone
  • pulp core
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Odontoblast cell layer contain what kind of cell?

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  • odontoblasts
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What’s within the cell-free zone?

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  • few cells
  • mainly extracellular matrix
  • nerve endings
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What’s within the cell rich zone?

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many cells
- mainly fibroblasts

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What’s within the pulp core?

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  • central tissue
  • nerves
  • blood vessels
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From innermost of pulp to outermost, order the layers

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  • cell rich zone
  • cell free zone
  • odontoblast layer
  • predentin
  • mineralization layer
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Cells within pulp

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  • odontoblasts
  • fibroblasts
  • undifferentiated mesenchymal cells
  • stem cells
  • defence cells
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Coronal odontoblasts are … and have what features?

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  • columnar
  • cellular process into dentinal tubule
  • more cuboidal in root
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Odontoblasts produce what? and for how long?

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  • dentine (predentine)
  • present throughout life of tooth
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As the tooth matures, what happens to odontoblast layer of pulp?

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  • becomes flatter
  • number of cells reduced by apoptosis
  • secondary dentine laid at slow rate
  • reduces size of pulp
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How does the odontoblast layer of pulp respond to external stimuli?

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  • odontoblast-like cells can differentiate from progenitor cells in pulp
  • produces tertiary dentine
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3 types of junctions between odontoblasts

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  • tight
  • desmosomes
  • gap
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Role of tight junctions and desmosomes in odontoblasts

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  • maintains spacial relationships
  • restricts substances in pulp from entering dentine
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Role of gap junctions in odontoblasts

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  • openings allow exchange of small molecules and cell-to-cell communications
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What is the most abundant cell type in dental pulp?

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fibroblasts

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Role of fibroblasts

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  • produce collagen fibres and ground substance in pulp matrix
  • degrade collagen for collagen turnover
24
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Explain cellular differences in fibroblasts in young and old pulp

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  • in young, large centrally located nucleus with multiple cellular processes
  • in aged, smaller, spindle shaped fibroblasts with fewer organelles
25
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Role of undifferentiated mesenchymal cells

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  • differentiate into odontoblast-like cells and fibroblasts
  • number reduces with age
26
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Role of dental pulp stem cells

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  • multipotent
  • can differentiate into odontoblasts, chondrocytes, osteoblasts, adipocytes and neurons
27
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Types and role of immune cells in dental pulp

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  • macrophages patrol pulp and remove dead cells/bacteria with role in inflammation
  • T and B lymphocytes in adaptive/antibody driven immune system
  • neutrophils and eosinophils respond to infection and mediate inflammation
  • dendritic cells present foreign antigens to T cells
28
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What collagen is present in extracellular matrix of pulp?

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  • type 1 and 3
  • forms a scaffold providing stability to pulp
29
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What’s in the ground substance/non-fibrous protein matrix of pulp?

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  • glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans, glycoproteins and water
  • hydrophilic molecules that swell when hydrated forming hydrogels that fill most of EC space
30
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Role of ground substance in extracellular matrix of pulp

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  • resevoir for growth factors and other bioactive molecules
  • act as medium for transport and movement of nutrients/metabolites
  • regulates various cellular processes like proliferation, differentiation and migration
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Explain vascular supply of pulp

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  • blood vessels originating in periodontal ligament enter pulp via apical foramen
  • peripheral blood vessels branch out towards odontoblast layer and form small capillaries
32
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Explain lymphatic drainage of pulp?

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  • drain tissue fluid
  • thinner walls than blood vessels and have no red blood cells
33
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Around … nerve axons enter apical foramen

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2500

34
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Of the nerve axons coming through the apical foramen, 25% are … and 75% are …

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  • myelinated afferent nerve fibres
  • unmyelinated C fibres
35
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Explain myelinated afferent nerve fibres in teeth

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  • Schwann cells (form myelin sheath)
  • transit pain sensation to CNS
  • cell bodies in trigeminal ganglion
36
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Explain unmyelinated C fibres in teeth

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  • mainly devoid of Schwann cell covering
  • can sense changes in extracellular environment
  • afferent fibres (main) terminate at odontoblast layer or in dental tubules to transmit noxious stimuli (pain)
  • efferent fibres (minor) terminate on smooth muscle cells of arterioles to regulate capillary flow
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Explain the Plexus of Raschkow

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  • extensive nerve plexus that terminates in the cell free zone just below the odontoblast layer of crown
  • no nerve plexus in root canals
  • some axons pass between odontoblasts and sometimes enter dental tubules
  • most nerve bundles terminate as free, unmyelinated nerve endings
38
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Function of the dental pulp

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  • provide vitality to the tooth
  • nourishment of odontoblasts and other pulp cells via blood vessels/capillaries
  • protection with sensation of external stimuli (thermal, mechanical, chemical) via nerves/endings and barrier/defence (reaction to ext stimuli produces tertiary dentine and activation of immune system if inflamed)
39
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Changes in pulp chamber with age

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  • young teeth have large pulp chamber
  • old teeth have very narrow pulp chamber and root canals
40
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How do the challenges for dentists change with young and old pulp chambers?

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  • in young, the large chamber is a challenge for cavity/crown prep as it has a thin dentine layer and pulp exposure can occur easily
  • in old it challenges root canal treatment
41
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How is caries a spread of infection?

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  • from dental pulp into surrounding periodontal tissues
  • causes periodontal abscess
42
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How is periodontal disease spread?

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  • from surrounding periodontal tissues into dental pulp
  • e.g through accessory root canals
43
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Where are accessory root canals?

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  • can occur anywhere in the root
  • mainly at root apex
44
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What’s an common cause of root canal treatment?

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  • failure to notice and clean accessory root canals
  • causes persistant infection
45
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Procedure of root canal

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  • infected tooth
  • drill an opening
  • fill and clear
  • finish off
46
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Collagen fibres are more towards … so it’s easier to do a pulpectomy from …

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  • tooth apex
  • apical region
47
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Define ‘diffuse calcifications or pulp stones’

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  • calcified masses can be formed in pulp
  • as a response to chronic stimulus (caries infection etc) or age related change
48
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How do pulp stones occur?

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  • older pulp becomes less vascular and can form diffuse calcifications
  • false pulp stones formed from calcifying blood vessels and contain bone-like material (organised in concentric rings)
  • true pulp stones fromed from detached odontoblasts and contain dentine
  • pulp stones attached to dentine or remain free in pulp
49
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Afferent nerve endings terminate where?

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  • in dentine/near odontoblasts
50
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Afferent nerve endings sense?

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  • pain
  • mechanical
  • chemical
  • thermal
    stimuli
51
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3 theories for dentine sensitivity

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  • neural
  • odontoblasts as receptors
  • hydrodynamic
52
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Explain neural dentine sensitivity

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  • dentine is directly innervated
  • but not many nerve endings are detected in dentine
53
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Explain odontoblasts as receptors dentine sensitivity

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  • odontoblasts act as receptors
  • form synaptic contacts with nerve endings
54
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Explain hydrodynamic theory

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  • fluid movement in dentinal tubules is sensed directly or indirectly by nerve endings
55
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What is thought to increase sensory capacity?

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branching of odontoblast processes at EDJ

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