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The Equine Dental Pulp: Histomorphometric Analysis of the Equine Dental Pulp in Incisors and Cheek Teeth
To maintain a healthy and functional status, equine hypsodont teeth have to produce lifelong large amounts of subocclusal dentin to prevent occlusal pulp exposure, which is caused by occlusal wear. To examine the cyto- and histological components that guarantee the lifelong high productivity of equi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9227316/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35737313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9060261 |
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author | Roßgardt, Jessica Heilen, Laura Beate Büttner, Kathrin Dern-Wieloch, Jutta Vogelsberg, Jörg Staszyk, Carsten |
author_facet | Roßgardt, Jessica Heilen, Laura Beate Büttner, Kathrin Dern-Wieloch, Jutta Vogelsberg, Jörg Staszyk, Carsten |
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description | To maintain a healthy and functional status, equine hypsodont teeth have to produce lifelong large amounts of subocclusal dentin to prevent occlusal pulp exposure, which is caused by occlusal wear. To examine the cyto- and histological components that guarantee the lifelong high productivity of equine pulp, a limited number of ten incisors and ten cheek teeth from seven adult horses (aged 5 to 24 years) and five foals were sampled for preliminary histomorphometric and histomorphological evaluations. Independently of age, the equine dental pulp featured constant layers of predentin and odontoblastic cells, as well as soft connective tissue, composed of a cellular fibrous matrix, in which blood vessels and nerve fibers were embedded. As a result of the progressive deposition of newly formed dentin, the layer of dentin became thicker with age, and the size of the pulp chamber decreased. In contrast to the brachydont teeth, the morphological characteristics of the odontoblastic layer and the width of the predentin layer did not change with age. Therefore, it is assumed that the equine pulp tissue retained their juvenile status, which explains its unchanged ability to produce high amounts of subocclusal dentin. These preliminary, but clinically significant, findings are worthy of further investigation in order to identify strategies for equine-specific endodontic therapies. |
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spelling | pubmed-92273162022-06-25 The Equine Dental Pulp: Histomorphometric Analysis of the Equine Dental Pulp in Incisors and Cheek Teeth Roßgardt, Jessica Heilen, Laura Beate Büttner, Kathrin Dern-Wieloch, Jutta Vogelsberg, Jörg Staszyk, Carsten Vet Sci Article To maintain a healthy and functional status, equine hypsodont teeth have to produce lifelong large amounts of subocclusal dentin to prevent occlusal pulp exposure, which is caused by occlusal wear. To examine the cyto- and histological components that guarantee the lifelong high productivity of equine pulp, a limited number of ten incisors and ten cheek teeth from seven adult horses (aged 5 to 24 years) and five foals were sampled for preliminary histomorphometric and histomorphological evaluations. Independently of age, the equine dental pulp featured constant layers of predentin and odontoblastic cells, as well as soft connective tissue, composed of a cellular fibrous matrix, in which blood vessels and nerve fibers were embedded. As a result of the progressive deposition of newly formed dentin, the layer of dentin became thicker with age, and the size of the pulp chamber decreased. In contrast to the brachydont teeth, the morphological characteristics of the odontoblastic layer and the width of the predentin layer did not change with age. Therefore, it is assumed that the equine pulp tissue retained their juvenile status, which explains its unchanged ability to produce high amounts of subocclusal dentin. These preliminary, but clinically significant, findings are worthy of further investigation in order to identify strategies for equine-specific endodontic therapies. MDPI 2022-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9227316/ /pubmed/35737313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9060261 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Roßgardt, Jessica Heilen, Laura Beate Büttner, Kathrin Dern-Wieloch, Jutta Vogelsberg, Jörg Staszyk, Carsten The Equine Dental Pulp: Histomorphometric Analysis of the Equine Dental Pulp in Incisors and Cheek Teeth |
title | The Equine Dental Pulp: Histomorphometric Analysis of the Equine Dental Pulp in Incisors and Cheek Teeth |
title_full | The Equine Dental Pulp: Histomorphometric Analysis of the Equine Dental Pulp in Incisors and Cheek Teeth |
title_fullStr | The Equine Dental Pulp: Histomorphometric Analysis of the Equine Dental Pulp in Incisors and Cheek Teeth |
title_full_unstemmed | The Equine Dental Pulp: Histomorphometric Analysis of the Equine Dental Pulp in Incisors and Cheek Teeth |
title_short | The Equine Dental Pulp: Histomorphometric Analysis of the Equine Dental Pulp in Incisors and Cheek Teeth |
title_sort | equine dental pulp: histomorphometric analysis of the equine dental pulp in incisors and cheek teeth |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9227316/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35737313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9060261 |
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