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The stomadodeum is considered the ________________.
Primitive Oral Cavity
The stomatodeum is bound by which two plates?
Cardiac & Neural
Which membrane allows for the depression of the stomodeum to increase, and what does it normally separate?
The buccopharyngeal membrane

Separates the stomodeum and the pharnyx (foregut).
How do the stomodeum and dental lamina relate?
Stomodeum gives rise to oral epithelium which will invaginate into ectomesenchyme to create dental lamina
What event is considered the "first event in the development of the face," and when does this occur?
Disintegration of the buccopharyngeal membrane, 4th week

(Allows the stomadeum to increase in depth)
_____________ includes the event relating to origins and formation of teeth.
Odontogenesis
The stomodeum is a shallow depression on which embryonic layer surface?
Ectoderm
Permanent & Primary teeth begin forming when?
4th month - in utero (primary)
at birth (perm)
Odontogenesis refers to the events of tooth development beginning in what week of gestation?
6th week
Compare the components of mesenchyme and ectomesenchym
Both are mesodermally derived, undifferentiated loose CT, and ectomesenchyme also includes Cranial NCC's that migrate into arch 1
The pathways that drive tooth development are interactions between what layers?
Epithelial
Mesenchyme

(the dental lamina (epithelial) releases factors to cause the ectomesenchyme to differentiate via transcription factors)
Growth factors released by ____________ induce differentiation of ______________ via transcription factors (protein production).
Dental lamina
Ectomesenchyme
Two transcription factors expressed by ectomesenchyme are ______ and _______. When these factors aren't present, what anomaly results?
Msx-1, Pax-9
Tooth agenesis
Compare missense and nonsense mutations
Missense - substitution in base, leads to coding of wrong protein

Nonsense - leads to stop codon, premature stop of synthesis, and lack of protein formation
What common anomaly will result if a mutation in PAX-9 occurs?
MSX-1?
Missense mutation?
Nonsense mutation?
PAX- 9 Posterior teeth agenesis
MSX-1 Nonsyndromic premolar agenesis
Missense - Premolar/Molar agenesis
Nonsense - Cleft lip/palate or both
Summarize Primary Epithelial Band formation, when it happens, and what what other cells are nearby or involved
6-7th week of gestation

Ectodermal epi (oral epi) forms in presumptive jaws. Leads to horseshoe band of epi cells which will become lamina (dental and vestibule), and ectomesenchyme is below. Epi/Ecto separated by basal lamina.

Allows us to see placodes for all 20 teeth, but cannot yet differentiate what tooth type they will be.
Odontogenesis is signified by the presence of what structure?
Dental lamina
Which pharyngeal arch is responsible for initiation of tooth formation? In addition, which NCC's are necessary?
First Arch Epithelium
Cranial NCC's

Experiments done w/ 2nd arch epi or trunk cells do not produce tooth bud or additional oral structures.
The first arch epithelium loses it's odontogenic potential on/around what day? Where is the potential transferred?
12th day
To ectomesenchyme

Mesenchymal tissue has influence on fate of epithelium
(if you combine incisor epi w/molar mesenchyme, you get a molar)
Histologic odontogenesis is present on which day, and which structure is present?
11th day
Thickening of oral epi in arch

Lh-6 & 7 are present on day 9 as mesenchymal transcription factors
Define cleidocranial displaysia
One mutated copy of Cbfa-1
Leads to failure of tooth eruption due to:

Lack of primary root resorption
Fibrous gingiva
Supernumary teeth as buds
Partial Adontia terms for # of teeth missing are:
Hypodontia (1-5)
Oligodontia (6+)

DUE TO DISTURBANCE OF DL
Mesioden is the most common form of
Hyperdontia

Extra tooth. Mesioden btw central incisors on max

DUE TO DISTURBANCE OF DL
Mutation in Pax-9 leads to
Mutations or agenesis in posterior teeth
Mutations in Msx-1 lead to
Nonsyndromic PM agenesis
Summarize the field/homeobox code theory
Tooth shape is the result of overlapping field in ectomesenchyme that express different homeobox genes.
Summarize the clone model
Tooth class is derived from clones of ectomesenchymal cells which are programmed by epithelium to produce teeth. The Molar clone ecto induces lamina to start development. When tooth reaches critical size, bud is initiated and the next bud will not start until the progress zone escapes zone of inhibition
6 stages of tooth development
Initiation 6-7 weeks
Bud 8 weeks
Cap 9-10 weeks
Bell 11-12 weeks
Apposition - varies
Maturation - varies
Initiation of tooth formation begins on what day?
37th
Bud stage of development is denoted by the presence of what feature?
Dental lamina

First epithelial incursion into ectomesenchyme
What are the peripheral and core cell shapes of the cells inside the dental lamina?
Peripheral - cuboidal
Core - stellate
Placodes for 20 deciduous teeth are developed by?
Interaction between ectomesenchyme (papilla) and overlying lamina (epithelium)
Tooth bud development proceeds in what order?
Ant-Post
Mand-Max

ASYNCHRONOUS
A enamel organ with 3 layers signifies a transition between what two developmental stages?
Bud to cap

Also signifies onset of morphological differences
Lateral lamina becomes present at which stage, and how does it occur?
Early Cap stage

As tooth bud enlarges, it 'drags' the lamina out, creating lateral lamina as it travels
The Tooth Germ is made up of:
Enamel organ
Dental follicle
Dental Papilla
What histologic feature of the cap stage is responsible for the "cap" name?
The enamel organ forming 'cap' over condensing ectomesenchyme
Cells of which part in the tooth germ initiate dentin formation, and from which area does dentin formation occur?
Cells of the enamel organ
Occurs in dental papilla
Cells in core of EO responsible for?
SR
Will secrete proteoglycans
Connected via desmosones
Spread apart by extracellular fluid (star shape)
Define shapes of preliminary OEE and IEE cells
OEE - squamous to low cuboidal
IEE - cuboidal to low columnar
Cervix of future tooth is represented by
Cervical loop
IEE+OEE
Will become CEJ
The cells of the dental papilla will diff into?
Peripheral - dentin
Core - pulp
Succedaneous tooth buds are formed via
Succedaneous lamina

Grows posterior to the primary buds on lingual side (except for lateral canine)
Perm molars are developed via
Posterior extensions of dental lamina - begins at 5th month of gestation
Vestibular lamina responsible for what structures?
vestibule of mouth
oral mucosa
lining of lips/cheeks
alveolar mucosa
gingiva

Salivary glands
Parotid, submandibular, sublingual
Which 3 salivary glands are formed by vestibular lamina?
Submandibular
Sublingual
Parotid
At what stage is the enamel knot present?
Cap stage (SI cells from EO flatten and extend from IEE)

Ectomesenchymal cells tell EK to express signaling molecules

After first EK disappears, others appear at future cusp tips of molars
What is the purpose of the enamel knot?
Orchestrate cuspal morphogenesis
Control folding of IEE

One cusp - one knot, etc

Apoptosis of knot cells to terminate signaling of structure
Which growth factors are utilized by the enamel knot?
EGF & FGF 4
During Bell stage, the core enamel organ cells serve what purpose?
secrete GAG's into extracellular matrix, hydrophillic environment draws in water and increases EO volume. Also, transports nutrients and Ca++ from nearby BV's to ameloblasts
What purpose does the SI serve?
High alkaline phosphotase activity to take phosphate from nearby BV's and take to EO
During Bell stage, what happens to OEE cells
Fluted nearby vessels will fill invaginated areas
The cervical loop is made up of
IEE and OEE cells

Will give rise to HERS, become the place where crown meets root.
Mitosis of cervical loop cells does what?
Elongates EO leading to "bell shape"
The disintegration of dental lamina during ___________ stage will proceed the reconnection of tooth to oral epi, forming _______________ epithelium
Bell
Junctional
Molar buds occur during disintegration of DL via
Extension of posterior DL
IEE folding determines?
Crown pattern
Epithelial pearls occur due to what structure?
Dental lamina

Epi balls covered in CT
Can degenerate, be phagocytosed, can cause eruption cysts or be odontomes or supernumaries
Ectomesenchyme around the tooth germ form dental sac which give rise to.....
cementum, PDL, CT of gingiva, alveolus
Which structures do not have NCC origin?
Enamel organ, OEE, IEE, SR, SI
During the apposition phase, the ameloblasts and odontoblast proceed in which direction?
From occlusal to the cervical loop
Upon the first differentiation of IEE cells in the apposition phase, what happens to the OEE cells?
EO fluid is resorbed, collapsing OEE onto SI (decrease of SR cells at cusp tip)
The first differentiation in the apposition phase occurs with what cells?
IEE cells to preameloblasts

Elongate, become polarized with Nucleus at occlusal end
What additional factors aid in the peripheral ectomesenchymal cells differentiating to preodontoblasts?
Signaling molecules from acellular/BM zone
Msx-1 & 2 are secreted by which cells
Preodontoblasts & Odontoblasts

Allow cell biologist to see what stage cells have differentiated to
The acellular zone is filled/covered by what cells, and at what time?
Preodontoblast cells prior to differentiating to odontoblasts
The predentin laid by odontoblasts consists of?
Type 1 collagen
When the predentin is mineralized to _____________ dentin, it initiates the differentiation of ____________ to _____________
mantle
preameloblast
ameloblast
In order for the differentiation of preamelobasts to amelobasts to occur, what events must be complete?
Ectomesenchymal cells in DP
Odontoblasts
preDentin
Mante Dentin
The first layer of enamel is called?
Aprismatic

30% mineralized
What is different about aprismatic enamel from regular enamel?
No rods present
In order for the enamel to become more calcified, what processes must occur?
Organic matrix breakdown
Crystals elongate and widen
Enamel is laid at what rate?
4 micrometers/day
The BM that allows the continued epi/ecto interaction between preamelo and preodonto is called (was btw DP and IEE prior to differentiation)?
The Membrana Performative
The DEJ is formed once what two materials are laid?
Mantle dentin and aprismatic enamel (secreted into membrana performative or BL)

Function as one unit
The 'rod space' left by tomes' process appears as a ______ in the surface of enamel
Depression
The 3 Stages of the Ameloblast Life Cycle are:
1. Presecretory - Change of polarity. Exit cell cycle, elongate, develop protein synthesis organelles, prepare to secrete organic matrix

2. Secretory/Formative - Organize enamel thickness

3. Maturation - Modulate/transport ions for mineralization
The 5-6 Functional Stages of Ameloblasts are:
1. Morphogenic
2. Histodifferentiation
2.5 Initial secretory
3. Secretory (formative)
4. Maturative
5. Maturative proper
6. Protective
The Morphogenic stage of ameloblasts include what characteristics?
IEE > Preameloblast
Central Nuclei
Little golgi, RER, organelles spread throughout cell
Histodifferentiation stage is initiated by growth factors secreted by ____________ which causes _____________ to differentiate.
Odontoblasts
Preamelobasts to ameloblasts
Cytological changes during the histodifferentiation stage of the ameloblast include:
Nuclei moves toward tooth surface
Secretory end gets rER, golgi, mito
Additional junctional complex connecting ameloblasts
BM begins to fragment as a result of mantle dentin formation
Actin filaments in junctional complexes are called _________. Their purpose is:
Terminal webs

Regulate passage of materials throughout material and 'lock' cells in line
The main difference of the secretory and initial secretory stage is the presence of?
The Tomes' process

Won't appear until secretory/formative stage
Main goal of ameloblast during secretory stage is:
protein synthesis
The BM between the ameloblasts and odontoblasts disappears during the __________ ameloblast stage
Secretory
Summarize the intracelluar processes during secretory amelobast phase
Golgi apparatus + abundant rER in distal cell, release packaged proteins (matrix) through Tomes' during stage

This is done in response to mantle dentin
The proximal portion of the distal junctional complex runs from _________ to _________ and the distal portion is from ______________ to _____________.
Distal junction to top of enamel

Enamel tip to end of tomes' process that is interdigitating with enamel
The Rod/Interrod configuration of enamel is due to what portion of the amelobast?
Tomes' process
During the Maturative Proper stage, ameloblasts alter between which two configurations?
Ruffle Ended & Smooth Ended
The main goal of the ameloblast during the maturative stage is
Mineralize enamel from the existing 30% to 96%
Once the ameloblast loses it's Tomes' process during the _________ stage, it is considered a ____________ cell
Maturative
Postsecretory
During maturative stage, the ameloblasts resorb _______ and ______ and replace by _________ and __________
Water, Protein
Calcium, Phosphate
Enamel maturation is hallmarked by?
Enamel hardening is hallmarked by?
Increase in crystal #

Increase in crystal size (width, thickness) that are seeded in formative amelogenesis
The junctional complexes of the different ameloblast forms during maturation proper are:
Ruffle: leaky prox, tight dis

Smooth: leaky dis, tight prox
Enamel maturation occurs in what sequence/direction?
Apical ---> incisal

Lease mature enamel to most mature enamel
Purpose of ruffle-ended amelobast includes:
Endo activity!!!
Pump Ca++, bicarb, and phosphate ions into ameloblast to transport into matrix
Purpose of smooth-ended amelobast includes:
No endo activity

Removal of matrix proteins and water
The mechanism for the loss of organic matrix is due to:
Enamel Matrix Serine Proteinase (EMSP 1)
At the end of the Maturation proper stage, what layer is the last thing applied to surface enamel?
Basal lamina
Hook to enamel w/hemidesmosomes

Regulates in/out of enamel layer
The cellular sheath formed in the protective stage is the ______ and is formed by_______
REE
Reduced enamel epithelium

Formed by Postameloblasts, SI, SR, OEE
What is the fate of the coronal and cervical areas of REE?
coronal - destroyed at eruption (primary enamel cuticle)

cervical - junctional epithelium
The enamel matrix is composed of
Noncollagenous enamel proteins and enzymes
The most abundant protein in the enamel matrix is
Amelogenin (90%)

Hydrophobic, low MW protein that surround crystals on long axis
Amelogenins are found at what area of enamel?
Throughout enamel except for growth sites
Main 2 purposes of amelogenins is
Regulate crystal growth and orientation during formation

Prevent crystal fusion
Membrane infoldings on ameloblasts due to
the rapid fusion of secretory granuals released against mantle dentin - initial ename w/o rods
Enamel mineralization occurs _________ after enamel matrix secretion
Immediately

Dentin has time lapse btw predentin and dentin
Prox Tomes' responsible for which enamel matrix?
Interrod

Secretion from adjoining ameloblasts leave pit for distal Tomes'
Distal Tomes' responsible for which enamel matrix?
Rod/prisms that fill pit from interrod/prox tomes
Rod and Interrod enamel are _______ in composition, but vary in _______ of crystals
Composition

Orientation
The are in which interrod enamel and rod enamel blend is called
The Zone of Confluence
Enamel Biomineralization is
the process by which enamel proteins mediate the formation of hydroxyapetite crystals from Ca++ and phosphate
T/F

Enamel has a preEnamel layer similar to dentin or osteoid
False
T/F

Amelogenins provide physical support but NOT structural function
True
Proteins secreted by ameloblast mineralize what % of enamel?
30%
In order to yield 95% mineralization of enamel? What two items must be removed, and how is it completed?
Protein and Water

Ameloblast modulation of ruffle/smooth configurations
The 'Sandwich Product' of mineralization is
1. Aprismatic - no rods - heavily mineralized
2. Partial 20-30% surface to aprismatic enamel
3. Mineralization of surface enamel to 95% in opposite direction
4. Surface-most enamel highly calcified
The 5 steps of enamel mineralization are
1. Enamel protein secreted
2. SI transfer Ca++ fro BV to amelo
3. Mineralization (sandwich)
4. Hydroxyapetite crystals form
5. Crystals grow in thickness
The three phases of the odontoblast are:
Their nucleus location is:
Active Synthetic - nucleus basal

Transitional - nucleus displaced

Quiescent - Nucleus apical w/infranuclear region full of organelles
The odontoblastic process function is:
Secrete dentin matrix and then mineralize dentin
The odontoblastic process contains:
microtubules & filaments

Coated vesicles and pits that reflect pinocytotic activity
When odo process is surrounded by dentin, it is called
tubular dentin
The orientation of tubular dentin in the crown and root are:
S-shaped
Straight
Dentin tubules have 4 components
Serum fluid
Unmyelinated fibers
Uncalcified matrix (protection of odo process)
Type I/V collagen
The pattern of tertiary dentin is
Irregular patterned tubules
The rate of formation for primary and secondary dentin is
Primary - fast and more mineralized

Secondary - slower and less mineralized
Of the pattern dentin, which are formed before and after apical foramen completion?
Primary - before

Secondary - after
Which of peritubular or intertubular dentin is more calcified?
Peritubular
Which dentin is formed first
Mantle dentin
Von Korff's fibers are bundles of
collagen
Which dentin type has Von Korff's fibers?
Mantle dentin
Circumpulpal dentin is formed after
Mante dentin
The bulk of dentin is
primary - circumpulpal
Intertubular dentin is formed
between dentinal dubules
Dentin surrounding odontoblastic process is
Peritubular dentin, highly calcified
Dentin surrounding the pulpal wall is
circumpulpal
Pattern dentin that forms in response to trauma is
Tertiary dentin
T/F

Primary dentin is more mineralized then secondary
T
Dentin formed as a result of a dead tract is
Reparative
What type of tertiary dentin is made as a result of mild trauma that does NOT result in odontoblast death?
Reactive

Upregulation of odontoblast
Interglobular and globular dentin are:
Globular - no peritubular dentin, near DEJ

Interglobular - Between mantle/circumpulpal. Improper fusion
What dentin can arise as a result of excessive fluoride?
Interglobular
Sclerotic dentin can be found
In the apical 1/2 of root
Secondary dentin will mostly form
in the roof and floor of pulp
Reparative vs. reactive dentin is based on
severity of trauma
Von Korff's fibers are
large diamater collagen fibrils that run parallel w/odo process through dentin
Von Korff's fiber is Type ______ collagen and fibronectin
III
The crystals of dentin formation mineralize spread their crystals how?
The crystals grow rapidly, membrane ruptures and spreads crystallites. Adjacent clusters form mineralized matrix
The two dentin mineralization mechanisms are
Simple percolation & Transport Systems

Percolation: issue fluid supersaturated with calcium/phosphate ions

Transport: Minerals released into dentin via L-type Ca++ changels in BM and adenosinetriphosphate activity in distal cell
At what period after pDentin is laid does mineralization occur?
24 hours
The ______ crystals of dentin form between what collagen fibers (for mantle dentin)?
HAP - type I
Circumpulpal dentin mineralization occurs in what two patterns?
Linear - Slow, uniform front

Globular - Quick rate, HAP crystals deposited and form calcospheres, grow, and fuse