L6 Flashcards
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
(Type I Collagen)
Dentinogenesis Imperfecta
(Dentin Sialophosphoprotein)
Dentin is
~ 50% mineral (by volume).
Dentin is ~ 30% organic matrix (by volume)
~ 90% collagen-I (by weight)
~ 90% of the non-collagenous protein is derived from DSPP (dentin sialophosphoprotein).
Other components: dentin matrix protein (DMP1), osteonectin (SPARC); bone sialoprotein (BSP); osteopontin (OPN); proteoglycans etc.
Odontoblasts differentiate from
dental papilla cells
Odontoblastic process:
A long cytoplasmic extension encased in dentin
Rate of deposition:
~4 µm/day
Cell free area
why it might be there (no one really knows): odontoblasts are moving away, so there is an area that is kind of empty so that there is room (kind of like an elastic slinky).
Odontoblastic layer
Cell-free zone:
nerve and capillary plexus
Cell-rich zone:
extensive vascular system
Pulpal core
odontoblastic layer
The lines of von Ebner,
~1 day growth (or Owen, accentuated lines due to disturbances in mineralization) are oriented in the horizontal axis at approximately right angles to the dentinal tubules which run in the vertical axis. Unstained, 40x
With age your pulp chambers get smaller T o F
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90% of the non-collagenous proten in dentin is:
Dentin SPP (DSPP)
T o F: Approx every day a line of ebner forms in dentin
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Dentin sensitivity is mediated by
Odontoblast processes. Dentists take care not to overheat or dessicate dentin during restorative procedures
More terminal branching of dentinal tubules occurs in
root dentin compared to coronal dentin
Coronal Tubules have an
S-Shaped Curvature
Ground section showing the S-shaped primary curvature of the dentinal tubules in the crown and their straight course in the root.
Why? There could be more elasticity here, but we don’t really know.
radicular dentin =
root dentin
Dentinal tubules are
1 to 3 µm in diameter.
More dentin tubules are in the crown relative to the
root.
More dentin tubules are near the
pulp than the surface.
Predentin
The fibrillar organic matrix before its calcification.
Odontoblasts exhibit a tall columnar shape, with their nucleus located at their basal region. Whereas at early stages the forming matrix is unmineralized (asterisk), when it becomes mineralized (arrows), a layer of newly formed matrix (the predentine, Pd) is always interposed between the odontoblasts and the mineralizing front. A, differentiating ameloblasts. Hematoxylin-eosin staining (900×)
Primary (1˚) Dentin
Dentin made during
tooth formation
Most of the tooth is 1˚ dentin
Also called circumpulpal dentin
Its outer layer is mantle dentin
Secondary (2˚) Dentin
Secondary dentin forms by the slower, continuing deposition of dentin by odontoblasts following completion of the root.
The junction between primary and secondary dentin is characterized by a
change in the direction of dentinal tubules, but the tubular structure is continuous with 1˚ dentin
Secondary dentin: It is not made at the
same rate everywhere. Deposition is fastest on the roof & floor of the pulp chamber, leading to pulp recession.
A demarcation line (arrowheads) delineates the primary dentin from the
more irregular secondary dentin. Unstained, 40x.
Tertiary (3˚) Dentin: Tertiary dentin formation is a local reaction to
attrition, caries, or dental restoration.