Table 1.
Summary of expression levels of DMP1, DPP, and DSP during development in alveolar bone and tooth
| DMP1
|
DPP
|
DSP
|
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Am | Od | Os | Am | Od | Os | Am | Od | Os | |
| E18 | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| P1 | − | + | + | + | ++ | + | + | ++ | + |
| P3 | + | ++ | ++ | + | +++ | ++ | + | +++ | ++ |
| P5 | + | ++ | + | + | +++ | + | + | +++ | + |
| P7 | + | ++ | + | + | +++ | + | + | +++ | + |
| P20 | + | ++ | + | + | ++ | + | ++ | +++ | + |
+, Low expression level; ++, medium expression level; +++, high expression level; DMP1, dentin matrix protein 1; DPP, dentin phosphophorin; DSP, dentin sialoprotein; Am, ameloblast; Od, odontoblast; Os, osteoblast; E, embryonic; P, postnatal.