The different layers of the tooth bud (400X)
This image displays the different layers of the tooth bud:
- outer dental epithelium
- stellate reticulum (stratum reticulare)
- stratum intermedium
- inner dental epithelium
- odontoblast layer (only in the incisal area)
- predentine
- cells of the dental papilla
The blue, thin zone in between the inner dental epithelium and the odontoblast layer indicates that dentin formation has begun (predentine).