Root Development and PEriodontium Flashcards
Anton van Leeuwenhoek’s addition to science
Simple microscope
Disoveded Animalcules
Enamel, dentin, bone (not cementum
Marcello Malpighi addition to science
Malpighian corpuscles
Pyramids of kidneys
Malpighian tubules in insects
Substantia tartarea on roots of teeth
when were compound light microscopes invented
early 1800s
what did Jan Purkinje discover
Purkinje cells and fibers
what did Anders Rwtzius find
Striae of Retzius by looking at dentin tubules
other name for outer substance
Cortical substansen
other name for bony cells
Osseous corpuscula
other name for bony substnace
substantia ossea
what did GReene Vardiman black do
Classification of caries
Amalgam preps
Foot powered drill
first detailed understanding of how cementum functions for periodontium
Recognized Sharpey’s fibers in cementum and bone unite the periodontal complex
Describe reparative cementum
what is the tooth root
Root dentin
associated root canals (pulp)
what is the support system for the tooth
Periodontium
what makes up the periodontium
Cementum
Alveolar bone
Periodontal ligament
Gingiva: tooth associated and gingival ligaments
what defines the edge of enamel organ during bell stage
The cervical loop
what kind of structure is the cervical loop
A crown strucutre
what defines the forming root
Hertwig’s epithelial root sheath
when does the Cervical loop turn into hertwig’s epithelial root sheath
Initiation of root development
what is Hertwig’s epithelial root sheath derived from
The cervical loop
what is HErtwig’s epithelial root sheath an exention from
Enamel organ
what is HErtwig’s epithelial root sheath made of
Bilayer strucuture of IEE and OEE
what does Hertwig’s epithelial root sheath do
Architect of the root defining size and shape and number of roots (morphogenesis)
Induces root odontoblast differentiation
How does HERS pdefine a single rooted tooth
Proliferates apically to define the root
How does HERS make multiple roots
Epithelial interradicular processes
what are Epithelial interradicular processes
Tongues of epithelium growing towards one another
what does HERS cell migration and proliferation determine
Size shape and number of roots
what does HERS do for root odontoblasts
Causes them to differentate via epithelial-mesenchymal signaling
what is the dental papilla made of
Undifferentiated ectomesenchymal cells
what does HERS do to Dental papilla cells
Induces them to differentiate to pre-odontoblasts then odontoblasts
how does Root dent form
In steps with HERS proliferation
What does HERS signal to the Dental papilla
Smad4 transcription factor
Sonic hedgehog secreted signal to papilla cells
what does HERS signalling to the dental papilla lead to
Induces Gli1 TF
Downstream Nfic TF
Odontoblast differentiation
what cannot be done without Nfic
Dental papilla cannot respond to HERS signaling and cells do not differentiate into odontoblasts
Rootless Teeth
what genetic disease causes Rootless teeth
Autsomal dominant Dentin Dysplasia type I (TF, SMOC2 and others)
what else might rootless teeth cuase
Short, poorly developed roots
Obliterated pulp chambers
Mobility, tooth loss
What are some developmental root defects
Rootless teeth
Dilaceration (deformity in shape and direction)
Taurodontism (large pulp chambers at expense of root/fucations)
what causes Developmental root defects
HERS growth and root dentin formation
DEvelopmental defects might do what to teeth
PRone to breakage, exfoliation, ankylosis, difficult extraction, ortho movement, other issues
What happens to the HERS over time
Disintegrates shortly after infucing root odontoblast differentiations
Some become epithelial rest of Malassez
how do Epithelial rests of Malassez appear
As clumps, strands, or networks of cells in the PDL
what surrounds the Epithelial rests of Malassez
Basement membrane
Where are Epithelial rests of Malassez found
Close to root
sometime several cell layers away
Function of Epithelial rests of Malassez
Can cause cysts
periodontal homeostasis or regeneration
but not sure
is root dentin continuous with crown dentin
they are continuous
how is dentinogenesis different in Root and crown
nearly the same, but interacts with IEE of HERS instead of enamel organ
Cell differentiation within the Root Dentin
Ectomesenchym, Dental Papilla, Pre-odontoblasts, Odontoblasts
types of dentin in the root
Mantle
Circumpulpal
predentin
Primary, secondary, tertiary
what deffines the types of Cementum
Presence/absence of cells within its matrix
Origin of collagen fibers of the matrix
what is another name for Primary cementum
Acelular cementum
Aceullar extrinsic fiber cementum
what is another name for secondary cementum
Cellular cementum
Cellular intrinsic fiber cementum
how much of the root is covered with Primary or secondary cementum
Primary: upper 2/3 of the root
Secondary: appilcal 1/3 of the root
What are the types of cemenetum
Major: primary acellular and secondary cellular cementum
additional types: Acellular afibrillar Cementum (AAC), cellular mixed stratified cementum
what is Cellular mixed stratified cementum
Mix of alternating acellular and cellular layers
are all types of Cementum separated completely
No, they overlap
what does Acellular cementum cover
the cervical 2/3 of root
what is the primary cementum
the first formed cementum ( Acellular)
cells of Acellular cementum
No cells
what does Cellular cementum cover
apical 1/3 of root
what is the secondary cementum
the second formed cementum (cellular cementum)
cells of Cellular CEmentum
Cementocytes
special function of cementum
Attachment
Protection
Adjusting
Sealing
attachment roll of cementum
important for strong periodontal structure cementing the tooth in the socket
what type of cementum does attachment
Acellular cementum primarily
how doe cementum protect
Protects roots from resorption and repairing resorption pits
what is the adjusting roll of cementum
adjusts tooth position
what type of cementum does the adjusting
Cellular
Sealing roll of cemntum
seals the dentin tubles (hydrodynamic theory of dental sensitivity and inhibits bacterial invasion)
composition og cementum
like bone and dentin
50% inorganic HA
35% organic
15% water
Organic components of cementum
Collagen type I(90%)
other collagen type III and VII
non collagenous proteins
glycosaminoglycans (10%)
How is cementum different from bone
Avascular
No innervation
No turnover (growth by apposition)
Origin of cementoblasts
Derived from dental follicle (ectomesenchym)
Function of Cementoblasts
Make acellular and cellular cementum
Product of cementoblasts
Collagens
ECM proteins
Enzymes for cementum mineralization
Fate of Cementoblasts
Remain in PDL close to cementum surface
Regulate slow cementum growth through life
direct cementum repair
origin of Cementocytes
Subset of cementoblasts
embedded in cellular cementum matrix (dental follicle, ectomesenchyme)
function of cementocytes
unknown
produces of cementocytes
less than cementoblasts
Features of cementocytes
Reside in lacuna
extend dendrites through canaliculi to communicate and receive nutrients
Fate of Cementocytes
Remain in lacunae for life
may die their
origin of Dental follicle
Ectomesenchymal
What is the dental follicle a precurosor for
CEmentoblasts
PDL fibroblasts
Osteoblasts
what happens right before Cementum forms
Root dentin exists
HERS disintegrates to expose the root dentin surface
what do Cementoblasts differentiate from
the dental follicle
what do the Cementoblasts secrete to initiate cementogenesis
Initial collagen fibers
what do the initial collagen fibers in cementum do
Intermingle with unmineralized dentin at the CDJ
what do the initial collagen fibers connect to
Intrinsic and not yet connected with the PDL (Doesn’t even exist yet)
what happens to the dentin once the cementum initial collagen fiber bundles intermingle with dentin collagen fibers
Dentin completes mineralization
hardness of the DCJ
less hard to serve as a cushion between cementum and dentin
how were the origin of cementoblasts and cementum found
60s-90s
Electron microscopy
Ultrastructural evidence
what makes up the Hertqigs epithelial root sheath
Inner enamel epithelium
Outer enamel epithelium
does the PDL exist during cementogenesis
No, the dental follicle consists of loose collagen fibers around the developning tooth
what do the Pre cementoblasts do the outer enamel epithelium
break through it do go the the Dnetin to eventually prenetrate into the dentin matrix
what do the cell processes of the PRe-cementoblasts contain
Microfilaments and ribosomes
how do Cementoblasts look
Hang out on the root surface
Well developed Golgi, rER
what happens to the IEE once cementoblasts form
remnants of IEE away from the root sruface
what do PDL fibroblasts produce
primary collagen fiber bundles of PDL space
what do the primary collagen fiber bundles of the PDL space do
stitched to first cementum intrinsic fibers
what are the extrinsic fibers
a continuation of the initial intrinsic fibers
what do the extrinsic fibers become
mineralized sharpey’s fibers within cementum
what is the major fiber group for acellular cementum
Extrinsic fibers
what is the density of extrinsic fibers in acellular cementum
high density
importance of extrinsic fibers to accellular cementum
critical to the function
where do sharpey’s fibers insert
insert into both acellular cemntum and alveolar bone