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10803123

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
Towards the middle of the eighteenth century, Tomes described the presence of membranous structures of cellular origin inside the dentinal tubules. Subsequent studies have been controversial regarding the terminal end of the odontoblasts. According to Fusayama, this cellular process reaches even the dentinal-enamel junction; others, such as Brännström, believed that this cellular process is present only in the inner third of the dentin. The aim of the present study was to determine the exact area up to which the terminal ends of the odontoblasts extend. With the aid of advanced confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) cylindrical structures were demonstrated inside the tubules even in the absence of odontoblasts. This would confirm that the structures previously described as cellular processes can be identified with the lamina limitans of the peritubular dentin. High resolution field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) provided further evidence that tubular structures are only seen in the inner third of the dentin, towards the pulp.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1432-6981
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
126-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Terminal end of the human odontoblast process: a study using SEM and confocal microscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
University La Sapienza of Rome, Faculty of Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis, Department of Operative Dentistry, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article