The Appositional Life Span of the Enamel and Dentin-Forming Cells
- 1 June 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 25 (3) , 145-150
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345460250030601
Abstract
The life span of the ameloblasts and the dentin-forming cells was obtained by measuring the total length of the individual enamel rod or dentinal tubule and divid- ing by the experimentally detd. rate of appositional growth. The life span of the ameloblasts ranges from a maximum over the growth center to zero at the eemento-enamel junction. The life span of the dentin-forming cells is relatively constant for a particular tooth.Keywords
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