Tooth Development – General Aspects.- A. General Arrangement of the Dental Tissues and Their Embryological Derivation.- B. Formation of Odontogenic Sites in the Developing Mouth.- C. Structural Formations in Mouth Development.- D. The Development of the Crown and its Morphology.- E. Development of the Periodontium.- F. The Developmental Positions of the Teeth in the Jaws.- G. Developmental Anomalies.- References.- Tissue Changes During Tooth Eruption.- A. Tissue Changes During Eruption.- B. Mechanisms of Tooth Eruption.- References.- Development of Dentine and Pulp.- A. Introduction.- B. The Dental Papilla.- C. The Internal Dental Epithelium and the Preameloblasts.- D. The Dental Basement Membrane.- E. Epithelio-Mesenchymal Interactions.- F. The Odontoblast and the Odontoblastic Process.- G. Predentine.- H. The Process of Mineralization.- J. The Development of Coronal Dentine.- K. The Development of Root Dentine.- L. The Development of the Pulp.- References.- Structure and Ultrastructure of Dentine.- A. Basic Anatomy.- B. Physical and Chemical Characteristics.- C. Classification of Different Types of Dentine.- D. The Odontoblast and Their Processes.- E. Predentine.- F. The Dentinal Tubules and Their Contents.- G. Peritubular Dentine.- H. Intertubular Dentine.- J. Dentinoenamel and Cementodentinal Junctions.- K. Interglobular Dentine.- L. Granular Layer of Tomes.- M. Incremental Lines and Neonatal Lines.- N. Translucent Dentine.- O. Regular and Irregular Secondary Dentine.- References.- Structure and Ultrastructure of the Dental Pulp.- A. Basic Anatomy.- B. Pulpal Cells.- C. Extracellular Matrix of the Pulp.- D. The Cellular Organization of the Pulp.- E. Innervation and Dentine-Pulp Sensitivity.- F. Vascular Supply.- G. Age Changes and Pulpal Calcifications.-References.- Enamel.- A. Introduction.- B. Gross Anatomy.- C. Microscopy and Technical Methodology for the Study of Enamel.- D. Development of the Tooth Germ Prior to Enamel Formation.- E. Enamel Formation.- F. Enamel Crystals and Prisms.- G. The Enamel-Dentine Junction.- H. Mature Enamel Surface Features.- J. Maturation of the Enamel and Eruption of the Crown.- K. Functional Changes in Enamel.- L. Pathology.- References.- Special Aspects of Biomineralization of Dental Tissues.- A. Does a Correlation Exist Between the Fundamental Processes of Enamel, Dentine, and Cementum Mineralization Which Might Lead to a General Calcification Theory?.- B. Fundamental Aspects of Enamel Mineralization.- C. Fundamental Aspects of Dentine Mineralization, and, in Part, of Cementum, Bone and Cartilage.- D. Conclusion: Differences and Similarities in Mineralization in Enamel, Dentine, and Other Hard Tissues, and a General Calcification Theory.- References.- Author Index.