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Effect of various aliphatic amines on the permeability of bovine dental enamel.

Aliphatic amines with chain lengths from C2 to C18 were investigated for their effect on the diffusion of [3H]-sorbitol, [14C]-glycerol, 36Cl- and 86Rb+. Before amine application, enamel was pretreated with a phytate solution. C12-C18 amines reduced the rate of diffusion to values of about 20-30 per cent of the values found before treatment. Amines with chain lengths below C12 were less effective. The presence of an unsaturated carbon-carbon bond (C18:1) seems to promote the absorbance of the amine to enamel.

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Morphology and permeability of junctional complexes in maturing ameloblasts of rat incisors.

Thin sections of newborn rat incisors were examined by tracer experiments and freeze-fracture replication in order to clarify the morphology and permeability of ameloblast junctional complexes in the maturation stage. Ameloblast junctional complexes consisted of gaps and tight junctions at the proximal and distal ends. Whereas the proximal junctional complexes sealed extracellular spaces incompletely, the distal ones formed complete, belt-like barriers around the cell. Tight junctions of these junctional complexes, however, were composed of both continuous and discontinuous rows of particles with various spaces among them. Intravenously injected horseradish peroxidase (HRP) reached the enamel surface through the extracellular spaces among ameloblasts and was absorbed by ameloblasts of the ruffled borders. Pinocytosis and transcellular migration of HRP could not be demonstrated in maturing ameloblasts except in the ruffled border zone.

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Dentin-predentin complex and its permeability: pathology and treatment overview.

This review paper focuses attention on tissue changes which may take place in dentin and on localized alterations in tissue formation in the predentin area. A number of reaction patterns has been described in dentin affecting both the inorganic and organic components. Dentinal tubules may become partly or completely obturated by growth of the peritubular dentin. Precipitation of mineral salts within the tubules, which may be a reprecipitation of minerals from adjacent demineralized dentin, represents a fundamentally different mode of obturation of dentinal tubules. Initially, demineralization selectively affects the peritubular dentin. If dentin is exposed to the oral environment, the surface layer may become hypermineralized. The surface layer of dentin, exposed by grinding, becomes covered by a smear layer. Displacement of the contents of the tubules or of the odontoblasts is a characteristic change in the organic components. Odontoblast destruction or degeneration will lead to a lack of, or reduced, predentin formation. Changes in the protein components which lead to alterations in dentin permeability have also been reported. The structure of the interface between dentin and localized formations of irregular secondary dentin varies considerably. If there is no tubular communication between primary and secondary dentin, the interface will act as an impermeable barrier. Changes in dentin, including irregular secondary dentin formation, affect the permeability of the tissue. Such changes are clinically important for the outcome of all types of restorative work performed on vital teeth.

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The dentin-predentin complex and its permeability: anatomical overview.

This paper provides an anatomical overview of the dentin-predentin complex and its permeability. An unique anatomical feature of this complex is the presence of dentinal tubules which extend peripherally from the odontoblast-predentin junction throughout the thickness of the tissue. The permeability of dentin is a consequence of the presence of these tubules. Thus, this review concentrates on the anatomy of dentinal tubules and, in particular, on those studies which in the last decade have increased our knowledge of this anatomy. The structure, size, and number of dentinal tubules and the relationship of these features to the permeability of the tissue are discussed. This is followed by a description of the contents of dentinal tubules, with particular emphasis being paid to the literature concerning the extent of the odontoblast process.

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Demonstration of physiological barrier between pulpal odontoblasts and its perturbation following routine restorative procedures: a horseradish peroxidase tracing study in the rat.

Vascular injection of the macromolecular tracer, horseradish peroxidase (HRP), was used to study the permeability of the odontoblast cell layer in developing and mature rat molar teeth, and to investigate the effect of cavity preparations on the permeability of this epithelioid cell layer in adult animals. HRP injected into the vascular system of normal animals 28 days of age and older was localized histochemically (from 5 to 90 min after injection) throughout the extracellular spaces of the maxillary dental pulps; however, the tracer did not penetrate beyond the tight junctions at the apical region of the odontoblast cell layer, and was absent from the predentin and dentin. In contrast, HRP injected into very young neonatal animals (e.g., day 3) resulted in free passage of HRP between odontoblasts and into the overlying predentin and dentin. When Class V cavities had been prepared in adult maxillary molars after HRP was injected into the blood stream, HRP reaction product penetrated the predentin and dentin immediately beneath the cavity preparation; however, adjacent, untraumatized areas of predentin and dentin in the operated teeth were devoid of reaction product. These results provide evidence that: (1) a physiological barrier develops between the distal segments of odontoblast cell bodies in normal rat molar teeth between days 15 and 28 of postnatal life, and this barrier prevents the passage of macromolecules from the pulp into the predentin and dentin; and (2) this barrier is perturbed following routine restorative procedures in adult animals.

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[The effect of various concentrations of hydrochloric acid solutions on the enamel permeability for 45Ca in experimental fluorosis].

In 96 months-old dogs with light fluorosis the effect of 10% HCl solution and the mixture of 36% HCl solution with concentrated HCl (1:2) on 45Ca incorporation into the superficial and deep enamel layers, and its penetration into the dental hard tissues. The increase in HCl concentration was directly related to enamel 45Ca incorporation and the depth of its penetration in fluorosis-afflicted teeth. Under effect of 12% HCl solution 45Ca penetrated across the whole enamel reaching the dentin. Further increases in HCl concentration is nonexpedient in bleaching the fluorosis-afflicted enamel.

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The effects of oxalate treatment on the smear layer of ground surfaces of human dentine.

The layer was evaluated by scanning electron microscopy and by measurement of hydraulic conductance before and after 2-min topical treatment with potassium chloride, neutral potassium oxalate, half-neutralized oxalic acid or both neutral and acidic oxalates. The treated smear layers were then re-evaluated microscopically and functionally both before and after acid challenge. The layers treated with KCl were not altered either microscopically or functionally and were susceptible to acid etching. Dentine surfaces treated with either oxalate solutions became less permeable and were acid-resistant.

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