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odontoblasts

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odontoblasts (ōdon´tōblasts),
n.pl the cells that produce the dentin of the tooth and differentiate from the outer cells of the dental papilla.


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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.
 
 
 
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