tooth eruption Flashcards
What is tooth eruption?
axial or occlusal movements of the tooth from its developmental position within the jaw to its functional position in the occlusal plane
When do movements of eruption start?
begin in the early bell stage and continue throughout the life span of the tooth
What are the phases of eruption?
- pre-eruptive phase
- eruptive phase
- post-eruptive phase
What is the pre-eruptive phase?
- starts in the early bell stage
- ends when the root formation begins
- in this phase the tooth germ grows to maintain its relation to the growing alveolar process by 2 movements
What is drifting bodily movement?
osteoclastic activity in the crypt wall in advance of the moving tooth
and bone deposition on the crypt wall behind it
What is eccentric growth?
one part of the developing tooth germ remain stationary while
the remainder part continue to grow so bone resorption is found on the surface of the crypt faces the growing part of the tooth germ (shift of the centre)
What are the movements of deciduous teeth and when does it happen?
- deciduous tooth germs at first have good space between them
- because of their rapid growth they become crowded together especially in the anterior region
- when the infants jaw increase in length this crowding will be relieved by backward shift of the deciduous molars and forward drift of anterior tooth germs (bodily movements)
- also tooth germs move outwards as the jaw increase in width (bodily movements)
- the tooth germs move upward as the jaw increase in height (excentric growth)
What are the movements of anteror permanent teeth and when does it occur?
- at first they develop lingual to the deciduous tooth germs at the same incisal plane and in the same bony crypts
- then because of the deciduous tooth germs movements, the
permanent germs will move more in apical position
What are the movements of permanent premolars and when does it occur?
at first similar to anterior germs but they will be between the divergent roots of deciduous molars then become in apical position
What are the movements of permanent molars and when does it occur?
- maxillary molars develop at maxillary tubrosity with occlusal
surfaces facing distally, then move round by the sufficient growth
of maxilla - mandibular molars develop with occlusal surfaces inclined
mesially and become upright by sufficient growth of mandible
When does the eruptive phase start and end?
- starts at the time of root formation
- ends when the tooth has reached the occlusal plane
What is formed during the eruptive phase?
- root
- attachment apparatus
- dento-gingival junction
How is the root formed?
- by proliferation of epithelial root sheath of Hertwig at first apically leading to bone resorption in the floor of the bony crypt
- with the eruptive movement (coincide with PDL formation) space
will be created for the root and resorption will no longer occur
How is the attachment apparatus formed?
- during root formation the dental sac will form the structures of attachment apparatus (PDL, cementum and bone on the crypt wall)
- it was thought that the readjustment of PDL during tooth eruption is via structure called intermediate plexus within the PDL
- by electron microscope such structure is not present and remodeling of periodontal ligament with fibroblasts occurs through the entire width of periodontal ligament
- fibroblast contains complex intracellular system of tubules and
filaments, some of them enable the cell to contract - this contractile ability has been shown in scar tissue
- the fibroblasts in PDL have numerous contacts with each other
through specialization of its cell membrane called fibronexus or adhesion plaque - this plaque is formed of a protein (integrin) which spans the cell
membrane and has receptors binding sites; - intracellular binds to the cytoskeleton
- extracellular binds to an adhesive glycoprotein called fibronectin, which in turn has the ability to bind strongly to extracellular collagen and hyaluronic acid
How is the dento-gingival junction made?
- the crown is covered by R.E.E. which by its desmolytic enzymes
will cause degeneration of the overlying C. T., so the R.E.E. and
the basal layer of oral epithelium grows toward each other forming
epithelial plug from their union - the central cells of this plug will degenerate and form epithelial
lined canal through which the tooth erupt without hemorrhage - once the tooth erupts in the oral cavity the R.E.E. will form the
dento-gingival junction - the gradual appearance of the tooth in oral cavity due to occlusal
movement of the tooth called active eruption - where the gradual recession of D.G.J. from the tooth is called
passive eruption - sometimes when the tooth reach the occlusal plane, the root
continue to form; so again resorption of the socket floor will occur to accommodate to the forming root - all teeth have during this phase the previous structures but the
successional teeth have additional anatomical feature called gübernacular canal containing gübernacualar cord