Day 1 Lecture 2 Flashcards
Periodontium
Gums and jaw
TMJ
Temperomandibular joint
Restorative + Prosthetic Dentistry
Repair and replace teeth
Baby teeth
Deciduous - 20
Incisors
Cut/shear food, phonetics function and aesthetics
Canines
Shear, tear, pierce food, longest roots and strategic position in arch, key to occlusion (protection) - allow lateral guidance
Premolars
Grinding, fine chewing
Molars
Multi-rooted, strong, grinding, crushing, chewing.
Clinical Crown
What you can see
Anatomical crown
where DEJ is and on
DEJ
dentin enamal juncture
Dentin strength
1/10 strength - second hardest bone in body
Enamel comp.
90-95% inorganic HA, 4-8% H20, 1-2% protein
HA
hydroxyapatite -a calcium phosphate
Enamel structure
striated - rods from ameloblasts
Ameloblasts
form enamel from DEJ, extinct after deposition. Epithelial origin
Dentin/pulp complex
Mesenchymal in origin, odontoblasts in pulp
Odontoblasts
Form dentin, still can make dentin throughout life - cell bodies line wall of pulp chamber
Enamel organization
teardrops, rods are 4-8 microns, rods surrounded by organic sheath (easily sheared). Head region and tail region are 5 microns wide/long respectively
Enamel crystals with fluoride
Fluorapatite
Crystalite direction in/around rods
parallel in rods, up to 65deg fro prism direction in periphery/tail