scholarly journals Experimental scanning electron microscopic investigation of pathological dentinogenesis in posteruptive tooth phase

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-103
Author(s):  
Jovan Vojinovic ◽  
Radoje Stevanovic ◽  
Slobodanka Hrvacanin

In the article are presented results of SEM study of pathological dentinogenesis on the human and dogs tooth in the different formative stages. The pathological dentinogenesis take place in the genetically predetermined way no matter of type of an irritation. The structure of pathological dentin depends upon the level of irritation and its duration. Lower level irritation produce the secretion of tubular dentine with irregular tubular direction, higher irritation stronger irregularities. Strong irritations damage odonoblastes, and they are replaced by undifferentiated cells. Lower level of differentiation produce more irregular dentine. New cells momentarily starts secretion, at the beginning the atubular dentine, and latter tubules arrear. The odontoblasts are very resistant cells, so even under of very strong irritants some of them could survive and continue formatting individual tubules detected within amorphous dentinal tissue. The resistance of odontoblasts is limited, specially when irritations are long enough exhausting formative potential of cells. Excreted dentinal tissue becomes more and more irregular. These biological facts should be consider in the therapy of puplodentinal complex. Therapy have to preserve conditions for undisturbed recovery of damaged odontoblasts, or new undifferentiated cells. In the other words biological principles insist on the preservation of conditions for the normal expression of formative cells genetically tasks.

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Figen Seymen ◽  
Basak Kiziltan

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a hereditary defect in enamel formation affecting both primary and permanent dentition. Scanning electron microscopic investigation is one of the most effective methods in diagnosing and identifying the type of amelogenesis imperfecta. The aim of this study was to investigate the ultrastructure of different types of amelogenesis imperfecta enamel. The primary teeth of three children with AI aged 4, 10 and 11-years-old were studied by scanning electron microscopy and irregular enamel, irregularities in enamel crystallites, hypoplastic areas on the enamel surface were seen. Histopathological evaluation revealed predentin areas with irregular canaliculi between normal dentin and internal resorption areas in the pulp tissue. Conclusively, in amelogenesis imperfecta, enamel tissue is mostly affected besides minor defects in dentinal and pulpal tissue.


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