
Histologic slide showing a tooth bud.
A: enamel organ
B: dental papilla
C: dental follicle
The dental
follicle is a sac containing the developing
tooth and its odontogenic
organ.
See also
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Tooth development
References
★ Cate, A.R. Ten. Oral Histology: development, structure, and function. 5th ed. 1998. ISBN 0-8151-2952-1.
★ Ross, Michael H., Gordon I. Kaye, and Wojciech Pawlina. Histology: a text and atlas. 4th edition. 2003. ISBN 0-683-30242-6.