Deciduous

- 20 teeth
- emerge about 7 mos
- shed between 6th 13th year
Succedaneous (Permanent)
- 32 teeth
- full dentition is achieved usually at
18 yrs old

 Incisors
- Cutting &
Canines

shearing

- Puncturing & holding

Premolars
Molars
- Crushing & grinding

 Hard

portions
1.Dentin
2.Enamel
3.Cementum
Soft portions
1.Pulp
2.Periodontal ligament
3.Gingiva

Similar to bone in composition

20% organic
- Collagen fibers
80% inorganic
- 92% crystals of hydroxyapatite
Sensitive to touch, cold & acid-containing food
- nerves from pulp extending for some distance
to dentin
- transmission of sensory stimuli by
odontoblast processes

Radially
striated

-Dentinal tubules
-Apical process of
Odontoblasts

Occurs at the mineralization front

(predentin to dentin)
- Deposition of globular aggregates of
crystals of hydroxyapatite
- Occur along or within collagen fibers
- Interglobular spaces occasional
angular spaces containing organic
matrix only
-

 Hardest substance in the body

99% mineral (hydroxyapatite crystals)
1% organic (amelogenins & enalamins-

high proline & phosphorus content)

Consists of thin enamel rods or prisms
Ameloblasts- secrete enamel matrix
- with apical extensions (Tomes process)
- contain secretory granules
- covers the crown after the synthesis of
enamel until eruption

 Lines

of Schreger
- alternate light and
dark bands of enamel
prisms (oblique)

Lines

of Retzius
- concentric lines
- rhythmic deposition
& mineralization of
enamel

 Covers the root

Closely resembles
Composed of:

bone

collagen, glycoproteins &

mucopolysaccharides
Cementoblasts- in unmineralized
matrix at the surface of the root
Cementocytes
Develops Haversian system with aging

 Envelops the root

Between Cementum & Alveolar bone
Made up of dense layer of collagen
Oblique upward arrangement from

cementum to bone
More fibroblasts & blood vessels than
other ligaments in the body
Function:
1. anchor tooth to its socket
2. provide limited degree of movement

 Occupies the central cavity

From tissue that formed the

dental
papilla during embryonic development
Cells:
1. Stellate cells- communicate with each
other and odontoblasts via gap junctions
2. WBCs- lymphocytes, macrophages,
plasma cells, eosinophils
Zone of Weil cell-free area near the
odontoblasts lining the pulp cavity

 Blood

vessels
through apical foramen
Lymphatic vessels
Nerve fibers
Myelinated & unmyelinated nerves
Sensory

 Mucous

membrane lining the outer

surface of alveolar bone
Epithelium : keratinizing stratified
squamous
- lacks stratum granulosum
- exhibits parakeratosis
attached to the enamel (cuticle),
cementum & periodontal ligament
(hemidesmosomes)
- epithelial attachment of Gottlieb

 Lamina

propria
- firmly bound to the periosteum of alveolar
bone
- contains lymphocytes & PMNs
Free gingiva(marginal gingiva)- less firmly
attached, within 1mm of a tooth
Gingival crevice(sulcus)- shallow furrow
separating the free gingiva from the
enamel
- unkeratinized
- lacks connective tissue papilla

Components:
- cancellous bone
- cortical bone (2 layers)
> outer: continuation of cortex of
mandible/maxilla
> inner: surrounds the root and
forms the socket
- Source of blood vessels & nerves in
the pulp cavity

Function:
- attachment of teeth
- aids in resisting pressure on teeth
during mastication
- source of blood calcium