CTB Flashcards
- What is coordinated with the development of the periodontium?
Tooth root formation
- Where does the PDL attach the tooth?
To the alveolar bone
- Describe the coordinated root and periodontal tissue formation
- Odontoblast induction and dentine formation
- Stretching and disintegration of HERS
- differentiation of dental follicle cells:
- Cementoblasts = cementum
- Fibroblasts = PDL
- osteoblasts = alveolar bone
- Which genetic factors regulate the differential formation of periodontal tissue?
- Insufficiency investigated:
- FGF’s (fibroblast growth factor) = cell proliferation and migration
- BMP’s (bone morphogenic proteins) = cell diff and bone formation - Use of growth factors:
- e.g. FGF2, BMP2 to stimulatre periodontal regeneration - Stem cells in PDL
- Functions of PDL
- Tooth attachment:
PDL fibres insert into cementum and alveolar bone to form a fibrous joint (v. little/ no movement) - Withstand forces of mastication/ shock absorber
- Sensory receptor:
- Sensation of pain and tension/compression
- Repositioning of teeth to achieve occlusion - Remodelling function (tooth movement):
- High turnover of ECM and collagen
fibres. Source of progenitor/stem cells. - Nutritive function:
Highly vascularised tissue
- Fibrous joint with very little or no movement
→ gomphosis, synarthrosis
- Timing of PDL development and differentiation varies btn….
Species, tooth types and pirm/perm teeth
- Stage 1 of PDL development
Initiation stage:
The ligament space between cementum and bone consists of an unorganised connective tissue.
(→ fibroblasts and extracellular matrix).
Short fibre bundles (FB) formed near cementum/ bone extend only a short distance into the ligament space.
- Stage 2 of PDL development
- Fine brush-like fibres emerge from cementum (C) and only a few fibres project from alveolar bone
(B) into the ligament space. - Fibroblasts produce more collagen fibrils that assemble as fibre bundles and gradually extend from bone to cementum to establish a continuous attachment.
Bone side: Thick AND widely spaced fibre bundles
Cementum side: Thin and closely spaced
Fine intermediate meshwork
- Stage 3 of PDL development
Alveolar crest fibres formed first at cemento-enamel junction
- As the root forms, fibre formation then proceeds apically.
Orientation is initially oblique, then horizontal and then oblique again
- PDL is continuously modified by eruptive tooth movements and occlusion.
- Thick fibre bundles only form when teeth occlude and function.
- What are the Principle fibre groups of the PDL?
- Alveolar crest group
- Oblique group
- Horizontal group
- Apical group
- Interradicular group
- What is the Alveolar crest group
- Type of principle fibre group of the PDL
- Below CEJ → rim of alveolus
- resists extrusive forces
- What is the horizontal group?
- Type of principle fibre group of the PDL
- Below alveolar crest group;
- at right angle to tooth axis
- resists horizontal forces (‘tipping’)
- What is the oblique group
- Type of principle fibre group of the PDL
- Most abundant fibre group
- resists intrusive forces (→ mastication)
- What is the apical group?
- Type of principle fibre group of the PDL
- Radiates around root apex
- forms base of the socket
- resists extrusive forces
- What is the interradicular group?
- Type of principle fibre group of the PDL
- Only multi-rooted teeth
- connects to crest of interradicular septum
- resists extrusive forces
- Types of PDL
- Each collagen fibre bundle resembles a spliced rope and individual fibrils can be continuously remodelled whereas the overall fibre maintains its architecture and function. => Possibility to adapt to mechanical/masticatory forces.
- Elastic fibres: Oxytalan fibre; fibrillin (no elastin);
run perpendicular to collagen fibres in cervical region associated with neurovascular bundles;
form 3D meshwork surrounding root;
Function: regulation of vascular flow?
- What are Sharpey’s fibres?
Mineralised PDL fibres in alveolar bone and cementum
- What are the cell types in the PDL?
- Fibroblasts
- Osteoblasts and osteoclasts
- Cementoblasts and Cementoclasts
- Rests of Malassez
- Undifferentiated messenchymal stem cells
- Immune cells
- Blood vessels
- Nerve fibres
- What do fibroblasts produce/secrete?
- ECM (ground substance)
- Collagen fibrils (fibre bundles)
- Growth factors/ cytokines
- what are the progenitors of PDL cells?
- perivascular fibroblasts
- endosteal fibroblasts
- Fibroblasts
- rich in organelles
- form cell-to-cell contacts (adherens and gap junctions)
- well developed cytoskeleton allows shape change and migration
- align along the direction of fibre bundles
- activity induced by mechanical/masticatory forces
- involved in functional tooth movements
- dual function in remodelling - synthesis and degradation of ecm and collagen
- matrix metalloproteases MMP’s - therapeutic target in perio disease
- What is the composition of PDL
- 60% ground substance
- fibres: 90% collagen, 10% oxytalan (fibrilling microfibrils w/o elastin)
- Does collagen composition of PDL change with age?
No
- Types of collagen in PDL
- 80% = type 1
- 15% = type 3 - reticular fibres; meshwork
- the remainder = 4, 5, 6, 7, 12
- 12 = links other collagens, only present after eruption and expresed on pressure side following mechanical loading
- what is the composition of ECM?
- glycosaminoglycans (GAGs: hyaluronic acid, dermatan sulfate; also chondroitin and heparin sulfate)
- proteoglycans
- glycoproteins
- function of ecm
- Ion and water binding
- 70% water (“shock absorber”)
- orientation of collagen fibres
- ECM binds growth factors and cytokines: FGF, TGF-beta (BMP), IGF, PDGF, VEGF, Interleukins, Prostaglandins.
- what does ecm control
hydration of the tissue
- how does ecm affect collagen fibrils
increases strength of collagen fibrils
- how does composition of ecm vary according to developmental state
- Hyaluronan decreases during development of PDL from dental follicle.
- Proteoglycans increase during tooth eruption.
- what is the role of fibronectin?
- found in ecm
- mediates attachment of cells to collagen fibrils => influence on cell migration and differentiation.
- Clinically used to promote wound healing
- What are osteoblasts and osteoclasts associated with?
Bone remodelling
- What are cementoblasts and cementoclasts associated with?
Cementum remodelling
- what are Rests of Malassez?
Remnants of HERS (source of epithelial stem cells?)
- what are Undifferentiated mesenchymal stem cells a source of
all mesenchymal cell types (e.g. fibroblasts, osteoblasts, cementoblasts)
- what are the immune cells of the PDL
Macrophages
Mast cells
Eosinophils
- why is PDL highly vascularised?
due to its high turnover rate of pdl components requiring a constant nutrient supply
- what innervates the PDL?
- Branches of the superior and inferior alveolar arteries
2. Branches of the lingual and palatine arteries
- where do branches of the lingual and palatine arteries enter the PDL?
through ginigiva
- describe the route the superior and inferior alveolar arteries takes to innervate the PDL
- Enter the pulp at the apex (A).
- Interalveolar vessels pass through the alveolar process to form perforating arteries
- more abundant in posterior and mandibular teeth.
- enables PDL function after endodontic treatment.
- extractions wounds: formation of blood clot and invasion of cells involved in healing
- what forms ‘interstitial areas’ within PDL?
perforating arteries (Interalveolar vessels pass through the alveolar process)
- where do neurovascular bundles pass through?
perforations in the alveolar bone and form the interstitial areas in the PDL
- where are interstitial areas usually located in the PDL?
- closer to the alveolar bone
- what do interstitial areas contain?
neurovascular bundle
- describe the vasculature of the PDL
Blood vessels form a capillary plexus near the root surface and a postcapillary plexus from which venules pass into the alveolar bone.
- what directions do blood vessels of the PDL run in?
apical-occlusal direction
and form arteriovenous anastomoses
- vasculature of PDL - where is the venous drainage
at the apex
- vasculature of PDL - where are the lymphatic vessels
follow the venules
- What is the diff between the circular plexus and the crevicular plexus?
- Circular plexus surrounds the root surface
- Crevicular plexus surrounds the tooth in the region beneath the gingival crevice
- Function: defence at DGJ?
- what is a special feature of the PDL?
Fenestrated capillaries
usually not found in other connective tissues
- what is the function of fenestrated capillaries in PDL?
Generates increased diffusion capacity consistent with the high metabolic rate in the PDL (especially during tooth eruption!)
- What pattern does the nerve fibre generally follow in the PDL?
- follows the pattern of the vasculature. (From apex to gingival margin and through lateral perforations of the alveolar bone)
- Perforating nerve fibres divide into an apical and a gingival branch.
- what type of variation is there in innervation of PDL?
Regional variation:
- More nerve endings at the tooth apex
- Upper incisors: denser innervation throughout the PDL compared to molars.
Could be related to masticatory response?
Initial contact with food could specify the level of force required to process the food.
- Types of nerve fibres in the PDL?
- Sensory:
- Nociception: pain
- Proprioception (mechanoreception): pressure
→ Food sensing; position of tongue & neck musculature; salivary reflexes - Autonomic:
- Regulation of blood flow (constriction and dilation of blood vessels) - Myelinated fibres:
- Sensory only
Myelinated and unmyelinated fibres:
- Sensory
- Autonomic
- Types of nerve endings in the PDL
- Free-ending
- Ruffini’s corpuscles
- Coiled type
- Encapsulated spindle type
- Free nerve ending in PDL
- treelike type
- Evenly distributed across the PDL
- Unmyelinated fibres (enveloped by one Schwann cell; inset)
- Extend up to the cementoblast layer
- Sense pain and pressure
- Ruffinis corpuscle in PDL
- Found in PDL at root apex
- Myelinated fibres with dendritic endings
- Associate with collagen fibres (inset)
- Sense pressure
- Coiled type nerve ending in PDL
- Found in middle region of the PDL
- Unknown function
- Encapsulated spindle type nerve ending in PDL
- Found in PDL at root apex (infrequent)
- Surrounded by fibrous capsule
- where is the PDL the thinnest?
thinnest in middle third of the root
- how is PDL thickness affected with age
as age increases, PDL thickness decreases
- How does mastication affect PDL thickness?
- Mastication induces periodontal remodelling resulting in increased PDL width and in increased alveolar bone size.
- PDL is thicker in areas of tension than in areas of compression.
- Decreased function results in reduction/loss of periodontal tissues
- what forms the tooth sockets
alveolar process of the mandible
- what is the mechanism of bone formation
- Endochondral ossification
- Intramembranous ossification
- Sutural ossification
- what is endochondral ossification?
Bones made from a cartilage model
(Chondrocytes produce cartilage that is replaced by osteoid/bone produced by osteoblasts)
e.g. Long bones (epiphyseal growth plate), base of skull (synchondrosis), mandibular condyle (secondary cartilage)
- what is Intramembranous ossification?
Intramembranous ossification
Bones made by osteoblasts that have differentiated from mesenchymal stem cells
e.g. Flat skull bones; Facial bones: mandible, maxilla, alveolar bone
- what is sutural ossification?
Similar to intramembranous ossification but with fibrous connection
Providing stability during growth
e.g. Postnatal growth of flat skull bones
- bone composition:
- Mineralised, living connective tissue
- Organic matrix is permeated by hydroxyapatite (deposited between Type I collagen fibrils)
Non-collagenous proteins: Bone sialoprotein, osteocalcin, osteonectin, osteopontin
(all of these bind to calcium or HA
=> control of mineralisation), proteoglycans, cytokines, growth factors, serum proteins
- Composition of bone varies…
from different sites and developmental stages
- what are the functions of bone
- locomotion
- support
- protection
- mineral reservoir (calcium and phosphate)
- what is bone physiology controlled by?
hormones
- what hormones INCREASE bone mass/formation?
- calcitonin
- vitamin d
- leptin
- estrogen
- what hormones DECREASE bone mass/formation?
- PTH
- glucocorticoids
- how are menopausal women affected in terms of bone
hint: reduced levels of estrogen during menopause
- estrogen supports bone formation
- osteoporisis
- what growth factors are involves in bone homeoestasis?
- BMP
- TGF-B
- What is the role of cytokines in bone formation?
involved in the communication between osteoblasts (make bone) & osteoclasts (reabsorb bone)
- what is a woven bone?
- Bone formed during development characterised by randomly oriented collagen fibrils.
- Becomes replaced by lamellar bone.
- forms rapidly as part of the wound healing response
- what is the first bone to form during development?
woven bone