Dental pulp

Bergenholtz, G., Cox, C. F., Loesche, W. J. Syed, S. A. (1982). Bacterial leakage around dental restorations its effect on dental pulp. Journal of Oral Pathology, 11, 439-50. 

Brannstrom, M. Vojinovic, O. (1976). Responses of the dental pulp to invasion of bacteria around three filling materials. Journal of Dentistry for Children, 43, 83-9. 

Zander, H. A. (1946). The reaction of dental pulps to silicate cements. Journal of the American Dental Association, 33, 1233-43. 

Mclnroy et al. 1985). Americium radioactivity can be measured in the teeth of rats, where it accumulates in the dental pulp of developing teeth and eventually is incorporated into the mineralized dentin (Hammerstrom and Nilsson 1970). 

Nociceptors are bare or free nerve endings therefore, they do not adapt, or stop responding, to sustained or repeated stimulation. This is beneficial in that it keeps the individual aware of the damaging stimulus for as long as it persists. Nociceptors are widely distributed in the skin, dental pulp, periosteum, joints, meninges, and some internal organs. The three major classes of nociceptors are ... 

Seltzer S and Bender IB (1965) The dental pulp. Biological considerations in dental procedures, pp. 117-119. Lippincott, Philadelphia PA, USA. 

Kuboki Y, Takagi T, Sasaki S, Saito S and Mechanic GL (1981) Comparative collagen biochemistry of bovine periodontium, gingiva, and dental pulp. J Dent Res 60, 159-163. 

Alliot Licht B, Bluteau G, Magne D, Lopex Cazaux S, Lieubeau B, Daculsi G and Guichenx J (2005). Dexamethasone stimulates differentiation of odontoblast-like cells in human dental pulp cultmes. Gell Tissue Sep 321(3) 391 400. 

Pulpitis- If the caries lesion progresses, infection of the dental pulp may occur, causing acute pulpitis (Pulpal inflammation). The tooth become sensitive to hot or cold, and then severe continuous throbbing pain ensues. In reversible pulpitis, filling is an option but in case of... 

An additional thermal property of interest is thermal diffusivity. The dental pulp sensory system is extremely sensitive to changes in temperature. These sensory inputs are interpreted only as pain. Metallic restorations of deep carious lesions of the tooth frequently need to have a low thermal conductor placed beneath them to avoid causing pulpal pain. The thermal diffusivity of composite varies from approximately that of tooth structure (0.183 mm2/s) to twice that value [204, 254], Metallic restorations of concern have diffusivities at least an... 

The initial inflammatory reactions associated with chitosan application to hard and soft tissues need to be controlled before it can be considered for clinical application as scaffold. Further, as it takes too long for biodegradation of implanted chitosan in vivo, generally chitosan is concluded to be not suitable for the scaffold for degenerative medicine in especially dental pulp tissue surrounding hard tissue. 

Linde, A. Glycosaminoglycans of the dental pulp. A biochemical study. Scand. J. dent. 

Moller B. 1979. Reactions of human dental pulp to silver amalgam restorations. A study with emphasis on source material characteristics. Swedish Dent [Suppl] 2 1-37. 

Shigehara S, Matsuzaka K and Inoue T (2006) Morphological changes and expression of HSP70, osteopontin and osteocalcin mRNAs in rat dental pulp cells with orthodontic tooth movement. Bull. Tokyo Den. Coll. 478 117-124. 

The use of hydrogels in the preparation of scaffolds for other applications such as dental pulp tissue replacement or mandible condylar reconstruction has also been tackled. 

Bohl, K.S. Shon, J. Rutherford, B. Mooney, D.J. Role of synthetic extracellular matrix in development of engineered dental pulp. J. Biomater. Sci. Polym. Ed. 1998, 9, 749-764. 

Teeth constitute a target organ of quality because of their preservation in time, but all the possibilities that they offer for the detection of bacterial DNA have not been exploited, whereas, as noted above, the use of dental pulp as sample material in forensic medicine is well-established. Because blood infections carry bacteria to all parts of the vasculature in systemic diseases, teeth potentially contain bacterial DNA. This fact was the motivation for the work that is discussed in detail below. 

This study showed that DNA signatures of pathogens can be found in ancient dental pulp. Because of its exceptional ability to preserve DNA, dental pulp constitutes an extremely interesting sample matrix for the research of old pathogens. Dental pulp and the tools we have developed for its analysis therefore comprise an important new set of research tools in microbiology and paleomicrobiology. 

Burke, G. W., Knighton, T.H. 1960. The localization of microorganisms in inflamed dental pulps of rats following bacteremia. J. Dent. Res. 39 205-214. 

Tziafas, D. 1989. Experimental bacterial anachoresis in dog dental pulps capped with calcium hydroxyde. J. Endodont. 15 591-595. 

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