August
September 2007
the pulp is commonly called "the nerve" of the tooth.
tooth development is the complex process by which teeth form from embryonic cells, grow, and erupt into the mouth.
although many diverse species have teeth, non-human tooth development is largely the same as in humans.
for human teeth to have a healthy oral environment, enamel, dentin, cementum, and the periodontium must all develop during appropriate stages of fetal development.
primary (baby) teeth start to form between the sixth and eighth weeks in utero, and permanent teeth begin to form in the twentieth week in utero.
if teeth do not start to develop at or near these times, they will not develop at all.
a significant amount of research has focused on determining the processes that initiate tooth development.
it is widely accepted that there is a factor within the tissues of the first branchial arch that is necessary for the development of teeth.
tooth development is commonly divided into the following stages: the bud stage, the cap, the bell, and finally maturation.
the staging of tooth development is an attempt to categorize changes that take place along a continuum; frequently it is difficult to decide what stage should be assigned to a particular developing to
this determination is further complicated by the varying appearance of different histologic sections of the same developing tooth, which can appear to be different stages.
the tooth bud (sometimes called the tooth germ) is an aggregation of cells that eventually forms a tooth.
it is organized into three parts: the enamel organ, the dental papilla and the dental follicle.
the enamel organ is composed of the outer enamel epithelium, inner enamel epithelium, stellate reticulum and stratum intermedium.
these cells give rise to ameloblasts, which produce enamel and the reduced enamel epithelium.
the growth of cervical loop cells into the deeper tissues forms hertwig's epithelial root sheath, which determines a tooth's root shape.
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