Temple University School of Medicine

Dentin Pulp Complex

Laboratory

Overview of Dentin
Dentin is a hard tissue that lines the inner surface of the root and it is
covered by enamel or cementum. It is comprised of the processes of
odontoblasts called dentinal tubules between which is mineralized
matrix.

Image 1

cementum
dentin
dentin-cementum junction (DCJ)
dentinal tubules
Tomes granular layer
Contour lines of Owen

Image 2

peritubular dentin
intertubular dentin

Image 3

reparative dentin
dentinal tubules

Image 4

dentin-enamel junction
enamel spindles
contour lines of Owen

Image 5

Dentinogenesis - low magnification

Identify:
Dentin
Cervical loop

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low

high

Dentinogenesis - low and high magnifications

Identify:
Inner enamel epithelium
Presecretory odontoblasts
Presecretory ameloblasts
Dentin
Secretory odontoblasts

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Dentinogenesis - low and high magnifications

Identify:
Secretory ameloblasts
Functional odontoblasts
Odontoblastic process
Dentin
Predentin

Image 8

Pulp - low magnification

Identify: Dentin
Odontoblasts
Pulp core

Image 9

Pulp - medium magnification

Identify: Odontoblast layer
Cell-free zone
Cell-rich zone

Image 10

Pulp - high mag.

Identify: Odontoblast layer
Cell-free zone
Cell-rich zone
Dentinal tubules
Blood vessels