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Disintegrating Dental Lamina

Note the broken line of dark material (A) that extends from the tip of the developing cusp (G) to the epithelial surface (C). These are islands of epithelial cells that represent the remains of the disintegrating dental lamina. Identify all the structures labelled.


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A - disintegrating dental lamina
B - enamel
C - oral epithelium
D - dentin
E - ameloblasts

F - condensed ODE and stratum intermedium
G - early reduced enamel epithelium
H - dentinoenamel junction

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