DENTIN  Reactive, reparative, irregular

secondary dentin
 Greatest bulk of the tooth
 Formed in response to outside
 Provides general form stimuli such as attrition,
 Located both in the crown and root erosion, cavity preparation,
 Constitutes entire body of the tooth caries, therapeutic intervention
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES i. Vasodentin:
have vascular
 Softer than enamel, but harder than the inclusion
bone or root cementum ii. Osteodentin:
 Yellowish intrinsic color similar to bone
 Physically, dentin is firm, resilient, and iii. Atubullar
deformable dentin: dentinal
 Radiographically, more radiolucent than tubules are
enamel and more radiopaque than the formed by
pulp replacement
 Porous and permeable 4. Predentin (dentinoid)
 Unmineralized or uncalcified
TYPES OF DENTIN
dentin
1. Primary dentin (regular or orthodentin)  Lines the innermost pulpal
 Developed before tooth portion of dentin
eruption  Similar to osteoid in bone
 Contains regularly arranged  Thickest where active
dentinal tubules dentinogenesis is occurring
 Forms the bulk of the tooth o SCHREGERS LINE: line of
i. MANTLE DENTIN directional change
o Outer thin layer of
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
primary dentin
o Initial dentin A. DENTINAL MATRIX- intercellular
formed material of dentin that consists of 2
o Product of newly fundamental units:
differentiated I. Formed elements- composed of
odontoblast collagenic
ii. CIRCUMPALPAL DENTIN  Alpha/ Korff’s fibers-
o Bulk of dentin mass imaginary fibers
o Between mantle associated with dentin
dentin and pulpal caused by silver staining
space  Beta fibrils- fibrous
o Product of II. Uniformed elements- ground
functionally substance
coordinated  Mucopolysaccharides
odontoblasts
PARTS OF DENTINAL MATRIX
2. Secondary dentin
 Develops after root formation 1. PERITUBULAR DENTIN (INTRATUBULAR
 Contains fewer dentinal tubules DENTIN)
3. Tertiary dentin  Covers the walls of the dentinal
tubules
  Very dense, has more apatite  Complete obliteration of
crystals per unit volume, and dentinal tubules
uniformly mineralized 2. Dead tracts
2. INTERTUBULAR DENTIN  Dentinal tubules are emptied
 Located between the dentinal by:
tubules  Death of odontoblasts
 Main bulk of dentinal material  Complete retraction of
 Less densely mineralized odontoblastic process
o Lamina limitans: inner from tubule
organic lining of  Disintegration may result from:
calcified tubule walls  Abrasion
B. DENTINAL TUBULES  Erosion
 Attrition
CONTENTS OF DENTINAL TUBULES  Caries
1. Odontoblastic process (Tome’s  Odontoblastic process
fibers, dentinal fiber)
2. Periodontoblastic space (dentinal
fluid)
3. Intratubular nerve
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DENTIN
1. INTERGLOBULAR DENTIN
 Structural defect where
unmineralized dentin failed to
fuse
 Frequently seen on the
circumpalpal
2. GRANULAR LAYER OF TOME
 Structural defect that comprises
uncalcified parts of ground
substance
 Appear as dark granules in
ground section
 Sensitive area
3. INCREMENTAL LINES OF VON EBNER
 Increment of dentin
 Represent the rhythmic process
of dentinogenesis
4. CONTOUR LINES OF OWEN
 Growth lines of dentin
 Accentuated lines caused by
deficiencies in mineralization
AGE CHANGES IN DENTIN
1. Sclerotic dentin
 Thickening of peritubular dentin
 Morphologic change