Premium
Hard tissue repair in idiopathic external resorption of teeth
Author(s) -
Yaacob Hashim B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1981.tb03911.x
Subject(s) - resorption , hard tissue , dentistry , medicine , pulp (tooth) , pathology
A bstract — Histological examination of 18 erupted and eight unerupted teeth with idiopathic external resorption demonstrated that 21 teeth showed metaplastic hard tissue repair in some teeth up to about 69 per cent of the resorbed dentinal surface. The significance is discussed of osteoblasts and mononuclear cells.