Dental follicle

Dental follicle
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. The dental follicle (DF) differentiates into the periodontal ligament. In addition, it may be the precursor of other cells of the periodontium, including osteoblasts and cementoblasts. (http://jdr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/87/8/767)

See also

Similar to the alveolar bone, the PDL is derived from th Dental sac.

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.

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