Tooth Eruption
Tooth Eruption
Tooth Eruption
Tooth eruption
eruption takes place in chronological order involves active eruption vertical movement of the tooth as opposed to passive eruption receding of the gingiva how it occurs is not understood
root growth, hormonal action, contractile collagen, vascular pressure?? no requirement for the root
Tooth eruption
defined as the axial movement of tooth from its developmental position in the alveolar socket into its functional position within the oral cavity no evidence to suggest that eruption entirely ceases once the tooth meets ints antagonist
outward axial movements experienced during the functional phase may also be a type of eruptive movement also seen after tooth extraction
eruptive forces also experience in adolescents growth spurts preeruptive forces and those generated during the prefunctional and functional stages may be different mechanisms not proven accompanying eruptive forces are resistive forces which prevent eruption soft tissues and alveolar bone, PDL and occlusal forces
as the tooth erupts it is still covered with a layer of amelobasts and the remaining layers of the enamel organ these layers become compressed as the tooth moves forming a reduced enamel epithelium (REE) or reduced dental epithelium the REE is required for eruption the REE fuses with the oral epithelium lining the oral cavity (see figure 6-28) the REE produces enzymes which disintegrates the central portion of this fused tissue results in an epithelial tunnel through which the tooth erupts collagenases and acid hydrolases this disintegration results in an inflammatory response interpreted as the teething response
covering the crown pulls back and exposes the crown -the cervical portion of the epithelium is still attached to the neck of the tooth (figure 6-28) -this fused tissue serves as the initial junctional epithelium (thin dotted line) and creates a seal between the tooth and the surrounding tissue
-i.e. as the tooth pierces the oral epithelium, the cells of the reduced dental epithelium and the oral epithelium form the initial junctional epithelium (thin dotted line) -the REE portion of this junctional epithelium becomes replaced by oral epithelium -later replaced by the definitive dentogingival junction
eruption process is the same for the primary teeth formation of an epithelium lined tunnel for eruption the process is also similar for the nonsuccedaneous teeth except no primary tooth is shed