Polpa dental: constituintes e respostas frente a agentes agressores

Abstract

The dental pulp consists of loose connective tissue, similar to other parts of the body. The odontoblasts, pulp cells on the surface, are responsible for the formation of dentin and also part of its structure. The close relationship between these two tissues can call them the dentin-pulp complex or dentin-pulp. The pulp tissue is composed of a gelatinous, viscous consistency, called the extracellular matrix. Compounding this matrix are proteoglycans and glycoproteins, the interwoven bundles of collagen fibers. The pulp cells are the main defense, fibroblasts, and odontoblasts ectomesenquimáticas. Arterioles and venules in and out of the pulp cavity, accompanied by nerve bundles through the apical foramen and branches, are the rich vascular and nerve supply of dental pulp. Changes in dentin-pulp complex in the different aggressive agents (microbial, chemical, physical and others), determine varying degrees of responses. The pain of odontogenic origin express a tissue response that signals change with qualitative characteristic sensory complex. The purpose of this study was to review the literature on constituents of dental pulp and physiology to better understand the responses of pulp compared to the aggressive agents.