Odontoblast
In vertebrates, an odontoblast is a cell of neural crest origin that is part of the outer surface of the dental pulp, and whose biological function is dentinogenesis, which is the formation of dentin, the substance beneath the tooth enamel on the crown and the cementum on the root.
| Odontoblast | |
|---|---|
A developing tooth with odontoblasts marked. | |
The cervical loop area: (1) dental follicle cells, (2) dental mesenchyme, (3) Odontoblasts, (4) Dentin, (5) stellate reticulum, (6) outer enamel epithelium, (7)inner enamel epithelium, (8) ameloblasts, (9) enamel. | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | Neural crest |
| Location | Tooth |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | odontoblastus |
| MeSH | D009804 |
| FMA | 62999 |
| Anatomical terms of microanatomy | |
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