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Odontoblast

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odontoblast [ō′dänt·ə‚blast]
(histology)
One of the elongated, dentin-forming cells covering the dental papilla.

Odontoblast 

the cell that deposits dentin in the teeth of man and vertebrate animals. Its cell body is adjacent to the outer layer of the pulp, and its long outgrowths are within the tubules that perforate the dentin.



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Also, the viscosity of such hygroscopic formulations should be sufficiently low to enable rapid infiltration and penetration of dentinal tubules and lateral canals without inducing aspiration of odontoblasts.
1) They are not true neoplasms; rather, they are hamartomas that form from the growth of completely differentiated epithelial and mesenchymal cells that give rise to ameloblasts and odontoblasts.
Some findings are consistent with an adverse effect of lead on odontoblast function (Appleton 1991).
 
 
 
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