A three-dimensional model of dentin apposition.
Since we have found that conventional methods of dentin apposition measurements are inaccurate, we have devised a three dimensional model. This model allows the investigator to measure dentin apposition volumetrically, and simultaneously consider odontoblast activity and the geometric relationships which influence the configuration of the dentin.
D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D003804:Dentin / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003810:Dentinogenesis; D000882:Haplorhini; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008954:Models, Biological; D008961:Models, Structural; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors