dental follicle

In the case of alveolar bone, these osteoblast cells form from the dental follicle.

The dental follicle is a sac containing the developing tooth and its odontogenic organ.

The dental follicle gives rise to three important entities: cementoblasts, osteoblasts, and fibroblasts.

Radiographically, a dentigerous cyst should always be differentiated from a normal dental follicle.

Nerve fibers start to near the tooth during the cap stage of tooth development and grow toward the dental follicle.

The radiographic differentiation between a dentigerous cyst and a normal dental follicle is based merely on size.

It is organized into three parts: the enamel organ, the dental papilla and the dental follicle.

These cementoblasts develop from undifferentiated mesenchymal cells in the connective tissue of the dental follicle.

The dental follicle (DF) differentiates into the periodontal ligament.

Cells from the dental follicle give rise to the periodontal ligament (PDL).

Blood vessels grow in the dental follicle and enter the dental papilla in the cap stage.

The enamel organ, dental papilla, and dental follicle together forms one unit, called the tooth germ.

Nonetheless, formation of the periodontal ligament begins with ligament fibroblasts from the dental follicle.

Though in most persons the dental follicle maintains its original size sometimes it may undergo cystic degeneration and become a dentigerous cyst or a keratocyst.

A condensation of ectomesenchymal cells called the dental follicle surrounds the enamel organ and limits the dental papilla.

Histologically a normal dental follicle is lined by enamel epithelium, whereas a dentigerous cyst is lined by non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium.

Eventually, the enamel organ will produce enamel, the dental papilla will produce dentin and pulp, and the dental follicle will produce all the supporting structures of a tooth.

One of the major current hypotheses is that cells producing cellular cementum migrate from the adjacent area of bone, while cells producing acellular cementum arise from the dental follicle.

The mechanism of differentiation of the cementoblasts is controversial but circumstantial evidence suggests that an epithelium or epithelial component may cause dental follicle cells to differentiate into cementoblasts, characterised by an increase in length.

The tooth bud (sometimes called the tooth germ) is an aggregation of cells that eventually forms a tooth and is organized into three parts: the enamel organ, the dental papilla and the dental follicle.

Pericoronitis (also known as operculitis, and derived from Greek peri, "around", Latin corona "crown" and -itis, meaning a disease involving inflammation), is inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the crown of a partially erupted tooth, including the gingiva (gums) and the dental follicle.