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Structure and Ultrastructure of the Dental Pulp

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Teeth

Part of the book series: Handbook of Microscopic Anatomy ((1668,volume 5 / 6))

Abstract

The dental pulp is a richly innervated and vascularized, loose connective tissue. As previously mentioned, the study of the dental pulp cannot be disassociated from that of dentine, since one of the principal functions of the pulpal tissue is, in fact, the elaboration of dentine. This is accomplished through the activity of the peripheral pulpal cells, the odontoblasts, which are an integral part of both tissues. From a histological and anatomical point of view, the dental pulp has classically been described as having three main regions, the peripheral odontoblastic layer, the sub-odontoblastic layer, and the central pulp. These zones form a continuum however (Figs. 1, 2), and in the radicular pulp, near the root apex, such zones are less apparent. According to BAUME (1980), the important relationship between dentine and pulp was first recognized in the mid 19th century by, among others, KOLLIKER (1852) and TOMES (1856).

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Frank, R.M., Nalbandian, J. (1989). Structure and Ultrastructure of the Dental Pulp. In: Teeth. Handbook of Microscopic Anatomy, vol 5 / 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83496-7_5

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