Open AccessImmunohistochemical analysis of Ki-67 in dental follicle of asymptomatic impacted third molars
Author(s) -
Hasan Küçükkolbaşı,
Alparslan Esen,
Hilal Erinanç
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.140737
Subject(s) - medicine , molar , basal (medicine) , dental follicle , immunostaining , asymptomatic , immunohistochemistry , group b , pathology , squamous metaplasia , dentistry , cementoblast , epithelium , cementum , dentin , mesenchymal stem cell , insulin
Dental follicle (DF) is an ectomesenchymal tissue that surrounds the developing tooth germ and contains precursor cells for cementoblasts, periodontal ligaments and osteoblasts. Radiographically, the DFs are seen as semicircular radiolucencies around unerupted teeth. However, if the DFs are larger than 2.5 mm, they are considered to be a pathological change.