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stellate reticulum

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stellate reticulum [′ste‚lāt rə′tik·yə·ləm]
(histology)
The part of the epithelial dental organ of a developing tooth which lies between the inner and the outer dental epithelium; composed of stellate cells with long, anastomosing processes in a mucoid fluid in the interstitial spaces.


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It is characterized by a jigsaw-like configuration of the ameloblasts, which exhibit a reverse polarity of cells (also known as Vickers-Gorlin change), and a stellate reticulum in the center (figure l).
 
 
 
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