1. DR VINOD KUMAR R.B
PROF & HEAD
DEPT OF ORAL PATHOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY
MALABAR DENTAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH
CENTRE
2. 3. Bell Stage (Early)
Inner dental epithelium: Short columnar cells bordering the dental papilla.
These will eventually become ameloblasts that will form the enamel of the
tooth crown by differentiating into tall columnar cells.
Outer dental epithelium: Cuboidal cells that cover the enamel organ. Their function is
to organize a network of capillaries that will bring nutrition to the ameloblasts.
Stellate reticulum
Inner dental epithelium
Stratum intermedium
Dental papilla
Outer dental epithelium
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ohisto/
3. 3. Bell Stage (Early)
Stellate reticulum
Inner dental epithelium
Stratum intermedium
Dental papilla
Stellate reticulum: Star-shaped cells with processes, present between the outer
and the inner dental epithelium. These cells secrete glycosaminoglycans,
which attract water, thereby swelling the cells and pushing them apart.
Stratum intermedium: Cell layer between the inner dental epithelium and
stellate reticulum which have high alkaline phosphatase activity. They assist
inner dental epithelium (ameloblasts) to form enamel.
Outer dental epithelium
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ohisto/
4. Bell stage-the invagination of the enamel organ deepens and it attains
a bell shape and 4 layers can be identified in the enamel organ
1. Tooth shape is identifiable.
2. Further differentiation of
enamel organ
1) outer enamel ep.
2) inner enamel ep.
3) stellate reticulum
4) stratum intermedium
3
2
1
4
http://www.iob.uio.no/studier/undervisning/histologi/index.php
5. Bell stage
1. Tooth shape is identifiable.
2. Further differentiation of
enamel organ
1) outer enamel ep.
2) inner enamel ep.
3) stellate reticulum
4) stratum intermedium
3
2
1
4
http://www.iob.uio.no/studier/undervisning/histologi/index.php
9. Epithelial and mesenchymal cells
interact throughout
tooth formationoral epithelium
dental lamina
mesenchymal
cells
budCapmineralizationbell
1
signal
proliferation
1
epithelium
mesenchyme
Due to continued induction by IEE
,superficial cells of dental papilla
differentiate to form odontoblasts and
they secrete the first layer of dentin .This
triggers the final transformation of IEE
cells into ameloblasts and they secrete
enamel.
10. Appositional stage is the late/advanced bell stage during which
dental hard tissue formation takes place.
1. oral ep.
2. outer enamel ep.
3. stellate reticulum
4. inner enamel ep.
5. dental papilla
6. cervical loop
3
2
1
5
4
6
blood
vessels
http://www.iob.uio.no/studier/undervisning/histologi/index.php
Stage of mineralization
Cervical loop is the apical extension of IEE and OEE preparatory to root formation
17. Root Formation
Development of root begins after the enamel and dentin formation has
reached the future cementoenamel junction
Epithelial cells of the inner and outer dental epithelium proliferate from the
cervical loop of the enamel organ to form the Hertwig’s epithelial root sheath.
The root sheath determines if a tooth has single or multiple roots, is short or
long, or is curved ir straight
Hertwig’s epithelial
root sheath
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ohisto/
18. 1. Formation of root dentin by odontoblasts
2. Disintegration of HERS
3. Migration of ectomesenchymal cells from dental sac to the root dentin through the disintegrated
HERS
4. Differentiation of ectomesenchymal cells into cementoblasts and fibroblasts
5. Formation of cementum and collagen fibers
- cementoblasts : secret cementoid (matrix) and mineralize cementum on root dentin
- fibroblasts : synthesis of collagen fibers of periodontal ligament
* Sharpey’s fiber : collagen fibers embedded in cementum
Formation of roots
odontoblasts
cementoblasts
cementum
dentindental sac
HERS
dental sac cells
becoming
cementoblasts
4
1
3
2
5
19. Primary apical formen
Epithelial diaphragm: the proliferating
end of the root sheath bends at a near
45-degree angle. The epithelial
diaphragm will encircle the apical
opening of the dental pulp during root
development
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ohisto/
Formation of epithelial diaphragm
20.
21. Secondary apical foramen form as a result of two or three tongues of
epithelium growing inward toward each other resulting in multirooted teeth
Essentials of Oral Histology and Embryology,
Ed: James Avery, 2nd edition. 2000
Tongue like extensions arise from epithelial diaphragm and start growing towards the
centre.Once they fuse the single opening gets divided into 2 or 3 depending on the
number of roots and thereafter root formation proceeds as if in a single tooth
2 rooted tooth
3 rooted tooth
22. Hertwig’s epithelial
root sheath
Inner dental epithelium
Outer dental epithelium
Stratum intermedium
Eventually the root sheath will fragment to form several discrete clusters
of epithelial cells known as epithelial cell rests of malassez. These will persist in
adults within the periodontal ligament
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ohisto/
23. The epithelial rests appear as small clusters of epithelial cells which
are located in the periodontal ligament adjacent to the surface of
cementum. They are cellular residues of the embryonic structure
known as Hertwig's epithelial root sheath.
Epithelial Cell Rests of Malassez
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ohisto/
24. After completing enamel formation the ameloblasts loose their shape
and form and along with the remaining enamel organ cells forms the
reduced enamel epithelium
Reduced enamel epithelium protects the mature enamel by
separating it from the connective tissue till the tooth erupts
25. Summary of tooth development
Oral epithelium
Dental lamina
ameloblastsInner enamel ep
Stellate reticulum
Stratum intermedium
Outer enamel ep HERS
Ectomesenchyme
Dental sac
Dental papilla odontoblasts
cementoblasts
fibroblasts
fibroblasts
osteoblasts
dentin
cementum
pulp
periodontal ligament
alveolar bone
enamel
guide root formation
oral epithelium
reduced enamel ep junctional ep.
Editor's Notes
Proliferation and differentiation of epithelial and ectomesenchymal cells continue and form a larger tooth germ with more complicated structures.
Enamel organ is further differentiated into four distinct layers.
Stratum intermedium
- several layers of cells between the inner enamel epithelium and stellate reticulum
may be derived from the retraction of stellate reticulum.
show exceptionally high activity of alkaline phosphatase, an enzyme essential for mineralization
* Note the relative distance from inner enamel epithelium to outer enamel epithelium become shorter as the tooth germ develops.
* The absolute size of the tooth germ become bigger as the development continues. The presented examples are scaled to the similar size for better contrast of the morphological changes.
Epithelial and mesenchymal cells interact each other throughout the tooth formation.
1. Mesenchymal cells underlying oral epithelium induce the proliferation of oral epithelium to form dental lamina.
At the appositional stage, the mineralization starts at the deepest part of the enamel organ.
Note that blood vessel does not exist within the enamel organ but outside outer enamel epithelium.
Blood vessels supply oxygen and nutrients required for the mineralization.
The oxygen and nutrients diffuse into outer enamel epithelium and stellate reticulum to reach inner enamel epithelium. Therefore, the distance from the blood vessels to inner enamel epithelium has to be short.
Vascularization close to the tooth germ can be seen in bell stage as well. It increases greatly during appositional stage.
Please remember the order of differentiation.
Preameloblasts preodontoblasts odontoblasts dentin ameloblasts enamel
Although permanent teeth begin to erupt at the age of 6, they begin to develop when the primary teeth develop. The tooth germs of permanent teeth are located at the lingual side of primary tooth germs. Some of the permanent teeth are formed next to the primary teeth (succedaneous teeth) but the tooth buds of molars are formed at the dental lamina that has grown distally without predecessors (accessional teeth). The tooth buds of succedaneous teeth roughly start to begin at the bell stage of the primary tooth germ.
Some cells in dental papilla remain to be undifferentiated within tooth pulp. These cells are pleuripotent stem cells that have a potential to differentiate into variety of cell types even following the completion of tooth formation.