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Developing Cusp of a Tooth
This is a section of the developing cusp of a tooth. The term dental papilla is generally replaced by the term dental pulp (A) when hard tissues, dentin (B) and enamel (C) begin to be deposited. Also identify the layer of ameloblasts (D) on the leading edge of the enamel layer and the collapsed stratum intermedium and ODE (E) that lie immediately adjacent to them. Note the large number of capillaries (F) that lie immediately outside this cellular periphery of the cusp. The clear region, indicated by G, is an artifactual separation of enamel and dentin that occurred during processing. The alveolar bone socket (H) can be seen on the left.
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A - dental pulp |
E - stratum intermedium/ODE |
