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Cellular Roles in Physiological Root Resorption of Deciduous Teeth in the Cat

The Second Department of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142, Japan

T. Shimizu

The Second Department of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142, Japan

C. Watanabe

The Second Department of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142, Japan

Y. Hiyoshi

The Second Department of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142, Japan

This study has attempted to assess the importance of mesenchymal cells, fibroblasts, cementoblasts, and mononuclear phagocytes (i.e., macrophages) in physiological root resorption of feline deciduous teeth. Deciduous incisors of three- to six-month-old kittens undergoing root resorption were investigated by means of electron microscopy. In an early phase of root resorption, the resorption organ consisted of many fibroblasts and relatively few macrophages and odontoclasts, the last with a wide, clear zone and narrow, immature, ruffled border. In the active phase of root resorption, the resorption organ contained many odontoclasts with a well-developed ruffled border and a reduced clear zone, cementoblasts, fibroblasts, macrophages, neutrophils, and many blood vessels. Cementoblasts were present usually on the resorbing dentin surface adjacent to odontoclasts and, in many cases, these cells communicated with each other via gap junctions. Cementoblasts frequently extended broad cell processes with secretion granules and with phagosomes containing collagen fibrils into the dentinal tubules exposed to resorption lacunae. Some macrophages exhibiting a clear zone-like structure also appeared on resorbing dentin surfaces. In the resting phase of root resorption, the dentin surface was covered mostly with cementoblasts resembling bone lining cells. There was an occasional macrophage, but no odontoclasts were observed during this phase. During removal of the periodontal ligament concomitant with root resorption, many fibroblasts phagocytosed mature collagen fibrils, as well as amorphous fluffy material. These results suggest that these mesenchymal cells, as well as odontoclasts, are essential for the cellular removal of dental hard and soft tissues during shedding of feline deciduous teeth.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 69, No. 1, 67-74 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345900690011101


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