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Comparative study of the initial genesis of acellular and cellular cementum in rat molars. 1994

T Yamamoto, and T Domon, and S Takahashi, and M Wakita

Department of Oral Anatomy II, Hokkaido University School of Dentistry, Sapporo, Japan.

The initial genesis of acellular and cellular cementum was examined in rat molars by light and electron microscopy. Before root dentinogenesis, flattened dental follicle cells formed compartments by regularly arranged cellular processes which demarcated collagen fibril bundles oriented in parallel with the root long axis in both of the two kinds of cementum. After this stage, compartments disappeared from the dental follicle cells, which became elongated and polarized, with the cytoplasmic side facing toward the root surface in the acellular cementogenesis. Fibril bundles, oriented in parallel with the root long axis, decreased in number, and principal fibers appeared. Some principal fibers were attached on the first acellular cementum. Observations suggested that the fibril bundles, which had been oriented in parallel with the root long axis, were reoriented to merge into the principal fibers. In cellular cementogenesis, the dental follicle cells continued to hold the fibril bundles in cellular compartments. The regular processes were transformed into randomly oriented, finger-like processes. At the same time, fibers, which may be secreted from the finger-like processes, appeared around the preformed fibril bundles oriented in parallel with the root long axis. The different cellular behavior may result in the different fiber arrangement of acellular and cellular cementum.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008855	Microscopy, Electron, Scanning	Microscopy in which the object is examined directly by an electron beam scanning the specimen point-by-point. The image is constructed by detecting the products of specimen interactions that are projected above the plane of the sample, such as backscattered electrons. Although SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY also scans the specimen point by point with the electron beam, the image is constructed by detecting the electrons, or their interaction products that are transmitted through the sample plane, so that is a form of TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY.	Scanning Electron Microscopy,Electron Scanning Microscopy,Electron Microscopies, Scanning,Electron Microscopy, Scanning,Electron Scanning Microscopies,Microscopies, Electron Scanning,Microscopies, Scanning Electron,Microscopy, Electron Scanning,Microscopy, Scanning Electron,Scanning Electron Microscopies,Scanning Microscopies, Electron,Scanning Microscopy, Electron
D008963	Molar	The most posterior teeth on either side of the jaw, totaling eight in the deciduous dentition (2 on each side, upper and lower), and usually 12 in the permanent dentition (three on each side, upper and lower). They are grinding teeth, having large crowns and broad chewing surfaces. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p821)	Molars
D009024	Morphogenesis	The development of anatomical structures to create the form of a single- or multi-cell organism. Morphogenesis provides form changes of a part, parts, or the whole organism.
D003739	Dental Cementum	The bonelike rigid connective tissue covering the root of a tooth from the cementoenamel junction to the apex and lining the apex of the root canal, also assisting in tooth support by serving as attachment structures for the periodontal ligament. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)	Cementoblasts,Cementum,Cementoblast,Cementum, Dental
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D017208	Rats, Wistar	A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain.	Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D025021	Cementogenesis	The formation of DENTAL CEMENTUM, a bone-like material that covers the root of the tooth.

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