Dental anatomy radiopaedia

What is the dental formula anatomy?
The lamina dura serves as a periodontal ligament attachment site.
They comprise soft connective tissue between the inner wall of the alveolar socket and the roots of the teeth and consists of collagen bands connecting the cementum of teeth to the gingivae and alveolar bone..

Arterial Supply

Arterial supply to the teeth is derived from the maxillary artery, a branch of the external carotid artery, via the: 1. superior alveolar arteries 1.1

Venous Drainage

Venous drainage of the teeth is into either the: 1. pterygoid venous plexus, or 2. facial vein via vessels that generally follow the arteries

Innervation

1. the maxillary teeth are supplied by a group of superior alveolar branche… 2

Variant Anatomy

1. hyperdontia: supernumerary teeth 2

Radiographic Appearance

The teeth are well visualized on these modalities 1-3: 1. enamel: most radiopaque part, hardest tissue in the human body 2

Related Pathology

1. edentulism 2. dental (periapical) abscess 3

What is a dental arch?

The dental arch describes the crescentic formation of teeth on each jaw

The tooth sits in alveolar processes of the upper jaw ( maxilla) or lower jaw ( mandible )

Each tooth is mainly composed of dentin and is made up of several parts 1-3:

What is anatomy in radiology?

Anatomy encompasses any part of an organism's structure, position, and interrelation

Radiopaedia org aims to eventually cover the entire human anatomy, particularly in relation to the practice of radiology

All articles use standard anatomic conventional nomenclature and the anatomic position

Which part of a tooth is made up of dentin?

Each tooth is mainly composed of dentin and is made up of several parts 1-3: The periodontal ligament connects the tooth root to the underlying lamina dura, which itself is the cortical bone which lines the tooth socket

This joint between a tooth and alveolar bone is a fibrous joint called a dentoalveolar syndesmosis