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PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT
PRESENTED BY:
GUIDED BY:
NAUSHEER PAGARKAR
II MDS
PROF&HOD
CONTENTS
TYPES OF FIBERS
ARRANGEMENT OF THE PERIODONTAL COLLAGEN
FIBERS
FIBER ARRANGEMENT IN TEETH OF LIMITED GROWTH
FIBER ARRANGEMENT IN CONTINOUSLY GROWING TEETH
OF THE PDL
COLLAGEN CRIMPING
SHARPEYS FIBERS
COLLAGEN FIBERS
Collagen of the PDL is mostly type I, with lesser
triple helices)
FACIT collagens link the fibrillar collagen types
relatively small with mean diameter of 4555nm, in other CT such as tendon the diameter
increases.
Studies correlate increase in diameter with
maturation in CT, however due to the high
turnover of the PDL collagen, the diameter of
fibrils in the PDL is small
ELASTIC FIBERS
In many CTs, the collagen fibers are closely
FIBER ARRANGEMENT IN
CONTINUOUSLY GROWING TEETH
Arranged into 3 zones
Alveolar
Middle
Cemental
the PDL
Collagen fibers in inner and outer bundles are
organised into round bundles
Alveolar zone bundles are larger than cemental
zone bundles, these are arranged radially
In the middle zone, collagen fibrils are
arranged into thin sheets that form a series of
flattened compartments running along long
axis
LM studies show that 3 fibrous zones are
evident only in L.S, similarly in SEM L.S studies,
homogenous appearance of middle zone is due
to sheets of collagen lying in the section plane
( in T.S they are appear as bundles)
FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATIONS OF
THE COLLAGEN FIBERS
Minns (1973) showed that internal orientation of
forces
Tension
Compression
COLLAGEN CRIMPING
Collagenous tissues
exhibit a quantifiable
periodicity of structure on
a variable scale; this has
been described as a crimp.
In the polarizing
microscope, crimping can
be recognized by a regular
banding of dark lines
across a collagenous
bundle when its axis lies
perpendicular to the
polarizer.
SHARPEYS FIBERS
At the insertions, collagen bundles of the PDL
organized
Fiber bundles appear thicker
Sporadic mineralization of fibers was also seen
Other studies(Grant 1973) reported apparent
cellularity+multinucleated fibroblasts
REFERENCES
The Periodontal Ligament in Health and
Disease, Berkowitz
Clinical Periodontology, 10th edition, Carranza.
Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry,
4th edition, Lindhe.