The initial process of enamel prism arrangement and its relation to the Hunter-Schreger bands in dog teeth
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The three-dimensional architecture of enamel prisms at early stages of enamel formation and its spatial relationship to the Hunter-Schreger bands were examined in canine tooth germs by light and electron microscopy. In serial semithin sections of demineralized tooth germs tangential to the enamel-dentin junction, a straight row of enamel prisms was depicted along the longitudinal tooth axis at the level of the enamel-dentin junction and then their three-dimensional arrangement was reconstructed using computer software. The spatial arrangement of the groups of enamel rods oriented in specific sideward directions was also reconstructed in deep layers of the enamel. Initially, all enamel prisms were parallel to perpendicular toward the enamel-dentin junction, but at 10μm from the enamel-dentin junction, some small specks, or groups of enamel prisms--tilting to the right or the left--emerged as small islands. In each speck of enamel prism, the inclined prisms were uniformly oriented in a sideward direction and gradually expanded their boundary until merging with the neighboring specks inclined in the same direction. Consequently, at 50μm from the enamel-dentin junction, the group of enamel prisms oriented either to the right or the left formed alternately arranged horizontal belt-like zones, corresponding to the parazone or the diazone of the Hunter-Schreger bands. Reversed images of scanning electron-micrographs of the exposed surfaces of the developing enamel revealed round and bulb-like profiles of Tomes' processes at early amelogenesis and its changes into a characteristic structure combined with flat secretory and enclosing nonsecretory faces that dictated the orientation of corresponding enamel prisms. The results suggest that the groups of enamel prisms oriented in sideward directions first appear as small island-like specks near the enamel-dentin junction, which later merge and form alternating horizontal belt-like zones as a consequence of morphological changes of the Tomes' processes. However, the mechanisms whereby the functional grouping of secretory ameloblasts with similarly oriented Tomes' processes is induced are yet to be determined.
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