Exam 2 Flashcards
What material forms the bulk of the tooth and has elasticity?
Dentin
What other tissues are dentin protected by?
Enamel and cementum
Predentin and dentin are similar to what other tissue type in the body?
Osteoid and bone
T or F. Dentin contains dentinal tubules.
True
T or F. Odontoblasts are present in pulp.
True
What is the in/organic content of mature dentin?
70% inorganic
20% organic
10% water
What type(s) of collagen are present in dentin?
Type 1 (56%) Small amounts of type III, V
Name some common dentin proteins.
DPP DSP DGP DMP1 osteocalcin ostepotin
How can dentin proteins impact mineralization?
Dentin proteins can be promoters or inhibitors of mineralization.
What are the three classes of dentin?
Primary (circumpulpal)
Secondary
Tertiary
Describe primary dentin.
AKA circumpulpal dentin.
Makes up most of tooth’s dentin
Mantle dentin (first dentin) within primary dentin
What is mantel dentin?
Aka First dentin
outer layer of coronal dentin
-has different properties, collagen distribution and orientation in the crown compared to the root
Describe secondary dentin.
- after root formation
- form by odontoblasts that form primary dentin
- can be seen by demarcation line
- continuous but slower odontoblastic activity
- reduction of pulpal chamber size over time (recession)
Describe tertiary dentin.
- refractionary (preexisting odontoblasts) or reparative (newly differentiated cells) dentin
- reaction to attrition, caries or restorative procedure
- site specific
- produced only by those cells directly stimulated
- tubular or atubular osteodentin
- (DSP upregulated)
How is tertiary dentin related to degree of injury?
- rate of tertiary dentin depends on the degree of injury
- more severe injury= more rapid rate of deposition
- cells can get trapped in the newly formed matrix, reason why tubular pattern becomes grossly distorted.
When and where does dentin formation begin?
- begins in bell stage
- forms from cusp tips and down the slope
When is root dentin completed?
After tooth eruption occurs. open apex before formation
- Primary: 18 mo after eruption
- permanent: 2-3 yrs after eruption
How does rate of deposition of dentin vary.
It can vary both within different regions of the tooth, also among different teeth
T or F. Dentin formation continues throughout life.
True. Result is a progressive reduction of size of the pulp cavity.
What is the first product of dentinogenesis?
Type III collagen fibrils with fibronectin (Von Kroff’s fibers)
Then type 1 collagen parallel to the DEJ
Describe mineralization of dentin.
- occurs by formation of matrix vesicles
- mineralization first appears as single crystals seeded by phospholipids in vesicle membrane
- crystals grow, rupture from vesicle and fuse with adjacent clusters to form a continuous layer of mineralized matrix
- deposition of mineral lags behind formation of organic matrix so that a layer of predentin is always present between odontoblasts and mineralization front.
- noncollagenous protein secreted by odontoblasts will now regulate mineral deposition
What are the two patterns of dentin mineralization?
Linear and globular- depends on the rate of dentin formation
What pattern is mantle dentin?
predominantly globular
What pattern is circumpulpal dentin?
both linear and globular
When does a globular pattern of dentin occur?
When mineralization is fastest.
When does a linear pattern of dentin occur?
When the rate of formation and mineralization is slow.
Describe dentinal tubules.
- contain cytoplasmic processes
- extend through the entire thickness of dentin
- have s-shaped path due to crowding in crown
- strait in incisal area and root dentin
- tapered (largest diameter near pulp)
- branches are found from odontoblastic processes. (frequently in roots)
What surrounds odontoblastic processes in predentin?
meshwork of collagen
What surrounds odontoblastic processes in dentin?
Odontoblastic process is within dentinal tubule surrounded by peritublar dentin that is poor in collagen and more mineralized.
What is intratubular dentin?
AKA intratubular dentin
- collar of hypermineralized dentin
- has little cartilage but increased DSP, DMP1
- forms between tubules
- primary secretory product of odontoblasts.
Describe sclerotic dentin.
- occluded dentinal tubules
- increases w/ age
- happens in root and middle of crown
- reduces dentin permeability–> prolonged pulp vitality
Describe interglobular dentin.
Areas of undermineralization or hypomineralized dentin.
- defect in mineralization
- occurs in primary teeth
- No defect in matrix formation, tubules normal
- lack peritubular dentin
- purely a mineralization defect
- prevalent in patients w/ vit D deficency or exposed to high levels of F during dentin formation.
What are incremental growth lines and why do they form?
- organic matrix deposited at 4microm/day
- changes in the orientation from day to day
- at the 5th day there is a more exaggerated change in orientation (lines of von Ebner) occur 20micom apart.
- occur at right angles to tubles, inward and rootward direction
- 2microm/hr
- mineralization is an a 12 hr cycle
What are contour lines of owen?
- another type of incremental pattern
- characterize areas of deficient mineralization due to trauma
- neonatal lines