Formation of Teeth
Formation of Teeth
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牙齿的形成
DOI:
10.1002/9783527619443.ch55
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发表时间:
2007
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通讯作者:
Christian Klein
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作者:
Katharina Reichenmiller;Christian Klein
During tooth development, several different mineralization processes take place. The tooth is a functional system of dental hard and soft tissues, and the formation of teeth underlies genetic and subsequent cellular control. Mineralization arises by the occurrence of matrix vesicles, followed subsequently by extracellular matrix mineralization processes. Cells are able to secrete a calcifying matrix, and their metabolism is responsible for initiating apatite formation at selected, prefixed extracellular sites. The balance between cell proliferation, differentiation and mineralization is regulated by involving the pathways of known and unknown hormones, cytokines and morphogenic factors. Dentin is composed of ca. 70 wt% inorganic compounds, 10 wt% water, and 20 wt% organic matrix, and consists predominantly of collagen fibers. Enamel is composed of 95 wt% inorganic compounds, 4 wt% water, and 1 wt% organic matrix, and is the hardest tissue in the vertebrate body. Enamel contains long, thin crystallites of substituted hydroxyapatite. Cementum, which forms a basic part of the tooth and is also a component of the periodontium, consists of 61 wt% inorganic compounds, 12 wt% water, and 27 wt% organic matrix.