title: The effect of aging on tooth morphology: a study on impacted teeth.
abstract: The effect of age on dental tissues was studied on histologic sections of totally impacted teeth obtained from patients between 11 and 76 years of age. Impacted teeth were used in order to obviate the influence of the environmental effects prevalent in the oral cavity. The presence of concentric denticles and diffuse calcifications was determined, and the width of secondary dentin, predentin, and cementum was measured. The width of predentin and cementum increased linearly with age, whereas the aging process of secondary dentin formation and diffuse calcifications followed a different pattern. The incidence of concentric denticles was identical for all age groups.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Nitzan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Michaeli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weinreb
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Azaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003784:Dental Pulp Calcification / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003804:Dentin / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology