title: Dental pulp histology observed by scanning electron microscopy.
abstract: This article describes the appearance of routine decalcified and paraffin-embedded histologic sections of the human dental pulp as observed with the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The tissue sections were cut at 12 mum in order to increase the three-dimensional effect. The technique was particularly successful in revealing the three-dimensional structure of pulpal blood vessels and nervous tissue. Possible interodontoblastic attachments were revealed at x10,000.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002196:Capillaries / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003804:Dentin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium