Studies on the Biology of the Periodontium of Marmosets: I. Development of Bifurcation in Multirooted Teeth in Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
SOL BERNICK 1 and
BARNET M. LEVY 1
1 Department of Anatomy, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, and University of Texas Dental Science Institute, Houston, Texas
Histologic formation of the bifurcation region in multirooted teeth was studied in marmosets. Migrating epithelial cells from the distal and lingual surfaces of developing teeth formed an incomplete epithelial diaphragm. Mesenchymal cells of dental papilla, but not of dental sac, destroyed the epithelial continuity. The cord thus formed proliferated into a multilayered structure and initiated root formation.
Submitted on March 13, 1967
