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The Dental Pulp. Functions of the Dental Pulp. Inductive Formative Protective Sensory. Zones of the Pulp. Odontoblastic Layer Cell Free Zone Cell Rich Zone Pulp Core. Odontoblasts “Reticular Fibers” Capillaries Nerves Mesenchymal Cells Dentin Subodontic Nerve Plexus.
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Functions of the Dental Pulp • Inductive • Formative • Protective • Sensory
Zones of the Pulp • Odontoblastic Layer • Cell Free Zone • Cell Rich Zone • Pulp Core • Odontoblasts • “Reticular Fibers” • Capillaries • Nerves • Mesenchymal Cells • Dentin • Subodontic Nerve Plexus Avery: Oral Histology
Nerves in Teeth • A • Mechanoreceptors • A • Thermoreceptors • Nociceptors • C fibers • Nociceptors
Hydrodynamic Mechanism of Dental Pain • Odontoblast • Predentin • Dentin • Odontoblastic Process • Subodontoblastic Nerve Plexus • A Fiber • Axon Terminal in Tubule
Age Changes in the Dental Pulp • 1. Secondary Dentin • Reduction is size • 2. Tertiary Dentin • Reparative dentin • Reactive dentin • 3. Calcification • Pulp stones
Direct Pulp Capping Avery: Oral Histology
Hyperplastic Pulpitis “Pulp Polyp”