Age Changes in the Blood Supply to Human Teeth
- 1 May 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 46 (3), 544-550
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345670460031501
Abstract
Non-carious extracted teeth from individuals between 40 and 70 yr. of age were used to study the effect of aging upon the nerves supplying the pulp. Non-carious teeth from young individuals under 20 yr. of age were used as controls. Ninety percent of the pulps examined exhibited pulpal calcification both diffused and nodular. The process of calcification 1st involved the connective tissue covering the nerves, and then the nerves themselves. The calcifying process led to the obliteration of the nerves. As a result of the calcification of the nerves located in the apical portion of the root, there was an apparent decrease in the number of nerve branches in the coronal portion of the pulp.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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