Tooth Anatomy and Histology Flashcards
What are the different layers in the bell stage of tooth development? likely to come up
- Outer enamel epithelium
- inner enamel epithelium
- Stellate reticulum
- dental papilla
what stage of tooth development does amelogenesis happen?
Bell stage
What happens during primary tooth development?
- epithelium thickens
- grows down into mesenchyme
- fors a U shaped band.
What happens during dental lamina formation of tooth development?
- primary epithelial divids into2
- grows deeper into the ectomesenchyme
- dental lamina begins to form
What happens during the bud stage of tooth development?
- growing enamel organ
- ectomesenchyme undergoes proliferation surrounding the enamel organ
What happens during the cap stage of tooth development?
- enamel organ enlarges
- development of the stellate reticulum
- outer enamel epithelium has cudoid cells
- inner enamel epithelium has columner cells
- mesenchymal cells for the dental follicle around the enamel organ
- dental papilla is formed with cells from mesenchyme.
What happens during root development of tooth development?
- double layered epithelial root sheath is formed.
- root sheath encloses dental papilla and forms the future shape of the root, and forms the apical foramen.
- peripheral cell of root sheath of dental papilla form into odontoblasts
- dental follicle cells turn into cementoblasts and cememtogenesis starts
- remaining dental follicle cells become fibroblasts of the PDL
- collagen secreted by fibroblasts become embedded as sharpeys fibre into developing cementum and alveolor bone,
what happens during the persecutory phase of amelogenesis? likely to come up
The ameloblasts elongate, change internally, reverse polarity and degrade the basal lamina
what happens during the secretory phase of amelogenesis? likely to come up
further elongation, and the development of the Tomes process.
what origin is enamel?
ectoderm
where does enamel develop from?
the internal enamel epithelium of the tooth germ
What does lamella in enamel look like?
it is a line though the tooth from the EDJ to the outer surface of enamel.
What causes spindles in enamel and what do they look like?
they are small lines from the EDJ that are reminance of tooth development.
What are the long period incremental lines in enamel called? likely to come up
Striae of Retzium (they are oblique and irregular)
where are Striae of Retzium more frequently found?likely to come up
at the cervical margin
Which bands in enamel formation show how enamel has been secreted?
Hunter-Schreger Bands
why do Hunter-Schreger Bands occur in enamel?
because crystallites dont stay in a straight line because they are secreted at different rates from 2 different sites on the Tomes process
why does carie follow Hunter-Schreger Bands ?
caries follows the path of less resistance.
what is enamel composed of?
-95% inorganic- calcium hydroxyapatite crystals
-1-3% organic - ameloblastin, amelogenin
Emamelin
Tuftelin
- 2% water
what is different about surface enamel compared with the rest of enamel?
- aprismatic
- crytalites are alligned parallel and at a right angle to the surface.
why does enamel prisms have a distinct formation?
due to the 2 secretory site of the Tomes process.
How does the EDJ prevent Fracturing/sheering?
- is scalloped to prevent cracking through the tooth.
- prisms close to it are parallel to avoid sheering.
what is dentines origin?
ectomesenchyme
where is dentine developed from?
the dental papilla of the tooth germ
Where is mantel dentine found and what is its purpose? likely to come up
- found closes to the EDJ
- helps prevent small cracks developing in the enamel from going into the dentine.
what is different about mantle dentine when compared to other dentine? likely to come up
branching of tubules is perpendicular to EDJ
what causes interglobular dentine?
sin number of calcospherites not fused correctly with advancing mineralisation front.
what is the bulk of dentine called?
circumpulpal dentine
where is the hyaline layer in dentine found?
next to cementum.
where is pre-dentine found and what is it?
close to the pulp chamber and it is unmineralised dentine.
what causes sclerotic dentine?
tubules fill in as a response to an external stimulus.
what is the difference between sclerotic dentine and dead tracts?
sclerotic dentine appears transparent and fill in.
dead tracts stay air filled caused by primary odontoblasts bring killed by an external stimulus.
what are daily incremental lines in dentine called?
von ebner lines
what are weekly incremental lines in dentine called?
Andresen lines
what are the schreger lines in dentine?
primary curvatures of the dentinal tubules.
where are the contour lines of owen found and what are they?
- in dentine
- secondary curvatures of the dentinal tubules.
why does secondary dentine develop?
because it has a slow rate of development through time.
why does tertiary dentine form?
- response to an external stimulus (caries, altrition, preps, trauma)
- creates a restriction to area beneath irritation.
In tertiary dentine why are there 2 different types?
Reactionary dentine: response to insult, odontoblast damage/death causing an irregular appearance.
Reparative dentine : ‘odontoblast-like’ cells form as originals where destroyed causing very irregular calcified tissue.
what is the difference between enamel and dentine hydroxyapatite crystals?
once found in dentine are alot smaller
what make up the composition of dentine?
- 65%-70% inorganic : hydroxyapatite crystals
- 20% organic matrix : Type 1 Collagen
- 10 % water
how does dentines composition aid in its resistance to fracturing?
makes it rigid, elastic and not brittle.
Is enamel or dentine a vital tissue? and why?
Dentine is vital due to the presence of odontoblasts.
what happens to dentine tubules as we mature?
peritubular dentine is deposited on the walls narrowing the lumen.
where would you find extracellular dentinal fluid?
in the peri-odontoblastic space in dentine.
what do odontoblasts do?
they lay down extracellular collagen matrix
what causes dentine sensitivity?
Hydrodynamics (fluid flow)
what is peritubular dentine? likely to come up
- small crystals in a non-fibrous matrix.
- line dental tubules.
why do dentinal tubules have narrower lumen closer towards the EDJ? likely to come up
due to depositing of peritubular dentine.
what are the stages of hydrodynamics? likely to come up
- stimulus triggers a flow of fluid within the tubules.
- this depolarises nerve endings in the inner part of the tubule/between odontoblasts at pulp-predentine junction.
- message sent to subodontoblastic neural plexus.
what is the origin of cementum?
ectomesenchyme (neural crest)