PMID: 2489306Aug 1, 1989Paper

Stereo architecture of the connective tissue papillae of lips and gingiva in newborn dogs

Shigaku = Odontology; journal of Nihon Dental College
T AsamiK Kobayashi

Abstract

The surface structure of the connective tissue papillae of lips and gingiva of newborn dogs 1 and 4 weeks after birth were observed by scanning electron microscopy. 1. Long term HCl treatment successfully removed the epithelial cell layer from the connective tissue over a large area of fixed material. 2. Connective tissue papillae of labial skin, labial mucosa and alveolar and gingival mucosa were exposed and it became clear that connective tissue papillae were highly developed at the labial margin and just beneath the gingival margin. 3. In the hair growing area of the labial skin, connective tissue papillae became smaller, and some ridge-like structures were found running vertically. 4. On the lining mucosa such as the labial and alveolar mucosa, the surface of the connective tissue papillae showed only ridge-like structures running vertically. 5. From the results of both light and electron microscopy, we concluded that there was a tendency for the area to have a thick epithelial cell layer which contained highly developed connective tissue papillae. This suggested that the blood vessels in the connective tissue papillae can carry nutrients closer to more epithelial cells penetrating deeply into the epithelium thickness.

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