DENTIN

DENTIN
2nd hardest, Living & similar to BONE
Formed before Enamel
Asso. Pulp DP Complex
Bulk of tooth
Harder than B & Softer than E
Both in
Crown Enamel
Root

Cementum

Bulk of tooth Shape to tooth

Supports Enamel
Encloses Pulp Protects Pulp
DP Complex
Embryologically
Metabolically
Functionally

Dental papilla D & P

vessels
Odontoblasts pulp

Physical & Chemical properties

Color Light Yellow
High degree of E l a s t i c i t y
Hardness 80 KHN (343 KHN for E)
Harder than B & Softer than E
RL than Enamel & RO than Pulp & cementum

47 % inorganic, 32 % organic & 21 % Water

by Wt.
70 % inorganic, 20 % organic & 10 % Water

Ca & Ph major

Minor Na, Mg, K,

Cl-, F-, Fe

2+

Collagen I90%--92%

Proteoglycans
Phospho, glycoproteins

Zn, Pb

GAGs

Carbonates

Fibronectin

Sulphates

Lipids & citrates

Collagen V

Inorganic Hydroxy appetite crystals

Ca10 (PO4)6 (OH)2
Classification (Kuttler 1959)
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
Structure
Odontoblasts & its Processes
Dentinal tubules

Structure
Odontoblasts in periphery of PULP
Od. Process in DT
Odontoblasts cell bodies

Dentinal tubules
Seen entire length from DEJ to Pulp
Perpendicular DEJ & DCJ
S shaped prominent in crown
S shape Primary curvatures
Straight cervical part of root
cusp tip / incisal edge
apical 1/3 rd root

Dentinal tubules
1st bend occlusal / incisal (external)
2nd bend apex of root
Less prominent in root dentin Straight
No. tubules3:1 or 2:1 at pulp & DEJ
40,000 /mm2 Pulp & 20,000 /mm2DEJ
Diameter 3-4 m at pulp
</= 1m at DEJ

Dentinal tubules
Primary curvatures migration
Sec buckling/ spiral undulations
Lateral branchesMicro tubules,Canaliculi
Seen at 2m & may communicate
Extn into enamel Enamel Spindles

Dentinal
tubules
Tubules taper & branched
Narrow at DEJ
Pronounced branching at DEJ terminal
branching & Y shaped
More in No. & Closer PULP

Odontoblasts
Terminally differentiated
Elongated at Pulp periphery
Single layer Root
Pseudo stratified crown
25-60 m in length & 4-7 m diameter
Cell organelles present
Oval nuclei & eccentric at pulp

Odontoblastic process
Cytoplasmic ext
Larger at pulp & taper
Periodontoblastic space

Demarcation
Line
SECONDARY
PRIMARY
Dentin

Dentin

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REPARATIVE
DENTIN