Dentin Flashcards
Characterized as positively birefringent?
Dentin
Color of dentin?
Yellow intrinsic color
Organic material of dentin? (3)
- Collagen
- Ground substance
- Water
Types of dentin. (4)
- Primary
- Secondary
- Tertiary
- Predentin/dentinoid
Also known as orthodentin or regular dentin?
Primary dentin
Other terms of tertiary dentin?
- Reactive
- Reparative
- Irregular secondary dentin
Primary dentin is developed before or after tooth eruption?
Before tooth eruption
It has regularly arranged dentinal tubules?
Primary dentin
Peripheral layer of dentin found adjacent to the enamel in the crown and cementum in the roots?
Mantle dentin
Layer of dentin containing collagen alpha fibrils?
Mantle dentin
True or false. Incremental lines can be found in mantle dentin?
False
Makes up the bulk of dentin?
Circumpulpal dentin
Dentin consisting of beta fibrils and mucopolysaccharide grounds substance?
Circumpulpal dentin
Acts as a lubricant or as shock absorber?
Mucopolysaccharide
True or false. Dentin is hydrophilic?
True
Intertubular dentin consist of what type of collagen fibers?
Type 1
Dentinal tubules exhibit ___? shaped curvature.
S shaped
Regularly arranged canals from pulp to DEJ/DCJ
Dentinal tubules
True or false. Dentinal tubules are more pronounced in the incisal and cuspal areas.
False
Why are dentinal tubules few in incisal/cuspal areas?
Due to crowding of odontoblasts as more dentin is formed
True or false. Tubules in root dentin has less S curvature?
True
Types of branching. (2)
- Dichotomous
- Greater branching
Contents of dentinal tubules. (3)
- Odontoblastic process
- Periodontal space
- Intratubular nerve
Other term for odontoblastic process?
Tome’s fiber or dentinal fiber
Cytoplasmic extension of odontoblasts?
Odontoblastic process
Found between the odontoblatic process and wall of the tubule?
Periodontoblastic space
Periodontoblastic space contains ____?
Dentinal fluid
Dentinal tubules filled with air?
Dead tracts
Causes of dead tracts? (2)
- Retraction of odontoblastic process
- Death of odontoblast
Occurs when dentinal tubules have become occluded with calcified material?
Sclerotic dentin
Glossy appearance of dentin is due to formation of?
Sclerotic dentin
Note: In sclerotic dentin, there is no odontoblastic process..
Filled with intratubular dentin instead
True or false. Sclerotic dentin decrease with age.
False. Increases
Part of tooth where sclerotic dentin is found?
- Apical 1/3 of root
- Midways between DEJ and pulp
Globular zones of dentin mineralization?
Calcospherites
Areas of hypomineralized dentin where calcospherites failed to fuse?
Interglobular dentin
Formation of interglobular dentin is due to? (2)
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Exposure to high levels of fluoride
True or false. Tubules in interglobular dentin are uninterrupted.
True