Objective. To verify the thickness of dental hard tissues at present. Methods. Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. Ninety four human permanent teeth existing in the library of the Faculty of Dentistry of the National Northeast University were collected during 2004-2014, these were free of injuries and restorations, with full crowns and root were used. Eight samples from each group (incisors, canines, premolars, and molars) were selected to measure the thickness of hard tissues of incisal, occlusal, central, cervical, and apical thirds. A Model AA flat vice and carborundum discs were used in a Dremel 4000 micromotor to make longitudinal cuts in the mesiodistal direction of each selected piece and the surface was polished with a pumice stone until minimum thickness was obtained. The measurement was made in millimeters with a digital microscope, resolution up to 2M pixel, ...

Objective. To verify the thickness of dental hard tissues at present. Methods. Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. Ninety four human permanent teeth existing in the library of the Faculty of Dentistry of the National Northeast University were collected during 2004-2014, these were free of injuries and restorations, with full crowns and root were used. Eight samples from each group (incisors, canines, premolars, and molars) were selected to measure the thickness of hard tissues of incisal, occlusal, central, cervical, and apical thirds. A Model AA flat vice and carborundum discs were used in a Dremel 4000 micromotor to make longitudinal cuts in the mesiodistal direction of each selected piece and the surface was polished with a pumice stone until minimum thickness was obtained. The measurement was made in millimeters with a digital microscope, resolution up to 2M pixel, ...

Objectives: Identify the histological characteristics of bovine dentin using histological technique by decalcification with Masson's Trichrome staining. Materials and Methods: This was an observational and descriptive study using units of analysis. Bovine teeth were used, which were subjected to a decalcification technique and Masson's trichrome staining. Microscopic observation and registration of the structures was carried out. Results: In the microscopic observation of the teeth subjected to decalcification, dentin, predentin and the structural organization of the tubular and peritubular dentin were observed. The odontoblasts arranged in a palisade with the odontoblastic process included within the dentinal tubule and the periprocedural space. The presence of interglobular dentin is not observed in areas of coronary dentin. The histomorphological pattern corresponding to dentin-preden...