ENAMEL Flashcards
Under pits and fissures
Tentlike - apex & base
Direction of rods in cusp tip
Vertical
Proximal surfaces
Horizontal
Cervical
Horizontal
Oblique
Deciduous teeth
Oblique coronally
Permanent teeth
Oblique apically
Surrounds each enamel rod
Interrod enamel
With crystals wc are oriented at a DIFFERENT DIRECTION from the rod crystals
Interrod enamel
Boundary bet enamel rod and interrod
Enamel rod sheath
More acid resistants and more org matl or enamel proteins
Enamel rod sheath
Fish scale appearance
Enamel rod sheath
For increase strength
Enamel rod sheath
Along a small portion of the circumference of the rod there is NO
Enamel rod sheath
Are arranged in rows of alternating orientations
Enamel rods
Incremental lines or growth lines
Striae of retzius
Run from the DEJ in an oblique direction to the OCCLUSAL SURFACES
Striae of retzius
Horse shoe shaped in the dentinal core
Striae of retzius
Striae of retzius in
Cross section:
CONCENTRIC RINGS
Striae in longitudinal section:
OBLIQUE
Disturbance of enamel formation during birth
Neonatal line
Parallel oblique lines
Striae of retzius
Alternating constrictions and expansions of the rods
Transverse striations
Cross striations occurring at a rate of
4mm/day
Daily variations in the secretory activity by ameloblasts
Transverse striations