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A theoretical consideration of the periodontal membrane as a collagenous thxotropic system and ist relationship to tooth eruption
Author(s) -
Kardos Thomas B.,
Simpson Leslie O.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of periodontal research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.31
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0765
pISSN - 0022-3484
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1979.tb00243.x
Subject(s) - thixotropy , connective tissue , soft tissue , tooth eruption , fixation (population genetics) , dentistry , anatomy , chemistry , materials science , medicine , pathology , composite material , biochemistry , molar , gene
It is proposed that the physiological behaviour of the dental follicle and perodontal membrane is explicable, on theoretical grounds, as having the characteristics fo a thixotropic gel. If the collagen “fibres” of soft connective tissue as seen in fixed specimens area accepted as the static appearance of a dynamic system, i.e. artefacts of fixation, then the physiologicla behaviour of theis collagenous tissue and the eruption of teeth may be explained in simple terms by changes in the viscosity of this biological system.