THE FIBRILLAR MATRIX OF MARSUPIAL ENAMEL

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Abstract
The structure of Marsupial enamel was studied in devloping fetal kangaroo teeth. The enamel contains uncalcified enamel rods, rather than protoplasmic continuations of either ameloblasts or odontoblasts. The tissue results from an unusual mode of formation which produces a rapid and almost complete enamel thickness prior to its own calcification or to the formation of appreciable dentine. The term fibrous enamel is suggested.

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