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[[Image:Soft Histology of Enamel Organ.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Histology of Enamel Organ - Copyright RVC 2008]]
[[Image:Soft Histology of Enamel Organ.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Histology of Enamel Organ - Copyright RVC 2008]]
[[Image:Enamel Organ Layers.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Enamel Organ Layers - Copyright RVC 2008]]
[[Image:Enamel Organ Layers.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Enamel Organ Layers - Copyright RVC 2008]]
[[Image:Thomes' Fibres Histology.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Thomes' Fibres - Copywright RVC 2008]]
The main components which form the enamel organ are:
The main components which form the enamel organ are:
*'''Outer epithelium'''
*'''Outer epithelium'''
The '''lamina dura''' is seen as a white line radiographically.
The '''lamina dura''' is seen as a white line radiographically.
===Enamel===
Enamel has an '''ectodermal''' origin. It is synthesised by [[Ameloblasts|ameloblasts]]. It is very hard, densly calcified and '''acellular''', therefore cannot regenerate.
Complicated enamel folding occurs in teeth where the '''[[Enamel Organ#Crown|crowns]]''' are high. Enamel forming secretions pass through processes of apical cytoplasmic extension called '''Thomes' Fibres'''.
*'''[[Dentine - Anatomy & Physiology|Dentine]]'''
*'''[[Dentine - Anatomy & Physiology|Dentine]]'''
*'''[[Cementum - Anatomy & Physiology|Cementum]]'''
*'''[[Cementum - Anatomy & Physiology|Cementum]]'''
*'''[[Odontoblasts - Anatomy & Physiology|Odontoblasts]]'''
*'''[[Odontoblasts - Anatomy & Physiology|Odontoblasts]]'''
*'''[[Cementoblasts - Anatomy & Physiology|Cementoblasts]]'''
*'''[[Cementoblasts - Anatomy & Physiology|Cementoblasts]]'''
==Test yourself ==
[[Oral_Cavity_- Anatomy & Physiology_-_Flashcards#Teeth_&_Gingiva_Flashcards|Teeth and Gingiva - Flashcards]]
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