Odontogenesis Flashcards
3 stages of odontogenesis?
- Bud stage
- Cap stage
- Bell stage
Horse shoe shaped band of thickened epithelium in the mandibular and maxillary arches?
Primary epithelial band
Enamel organ is composed of? (4)
- Outer and inner enamel epithelium
- Stellate reticulum
- Stratum intermedium
Star shaped network of cells found at the center of the enamel organ?
Stellate reticulum
Found between the stellate reticulum and inner dental epithelium?
Stratum intermedium
Serves as the enamel pulp?
Stellate reticulum
Tooth germ comprises of? (3)
- Enamel organ
- Dental papilla
- Dental follicle/sac
Transitory structures (3)
- Enamel knot/Aherns knot
- Enamel cord
- Enamel navel
Condensation of cells found at the midportion of the enamel organ?
Enamel knot
Vertical extension of the enamel knot towards the outer enamel epithelium?
Enamel cord
Indentation found at the outer enamel epithelium?
Enamel navel
It forms the site of the future cusp tips or incisal edge?
Enamel navel
Part of the enamel organ containing the mucoid fluid?
Stellate reticulum
3 physiologic processes of odontogenesis?
- Morphodifferentiation
- Histodifferentiation
- Apposition
It determines the shape of the crown?
Membrana preformativa
Membrana preformativa is also called?
Basement membrane
It marks the line which will become the DEJ of the finished tooth?
Membrana preformativa
It initiates the peripheral cells of the dental papilla to become odontoblasts.
Preameloblasts
What causes the preameloblasts to become ameloblasts?
Secretion of dentinal matrix by the odontoblasts
True or false. Predentin is completely organic when formed?
True
This process is responsible for the production of enamel in the form of rods?
Tome’s process