A qualitative microradiographic study of the ename and the dentine in ground sections of impacted human permanent teeth

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Abstract
52 totally or partially embedded teeth were studied in ground sections by soft microradiography to assess the quality of the enamel and the dentine. In 79 % the dentine was more or less globularly mineralized. In 50 % the dentine-enamel junction (D.E.J.) was more scalloped than normally and in three cases the border-forming globules were vacuolated. All kinds of hypoplasia were found, gross, minor, and tube. The enamel-cementum junction was irregular in 63 %, hypoplastic in 60 %, hypomineralized in 42 %, and provided with loose enamel globules in 27 %. Cementum or bonelike tissue covered the enamel lingually in two front teeth and occlusally in a third lower molar. The fissures could be extremely narrow and penetrate the enamel till near the dentine border. The distance between the fundus of the fissure and the D.E.J, was measured to 0.15-0.5 mm, is one case only 0.06 mm. In their basal parts the fissures could be invaginated or ampullar. T-hypoplasia could be found in the walls or the fundus of the fissure and the lingual aspect of the front teeth. The mineralization of the dental hard tissues in embedded teeth thus displays heavy disturbances especially in the fissures and the D.E.J.