Histological Typing of Odontogenic Tumours

Inter-relationships of the Dental Tissues The tooth germ has three main components -the enamel organ, the dental papilla and the dental follicle (Fig. 1). The enamel organ is an epithelial structure derived from the ectoderm that lines much of the oral cavity. The dental papilla and the dental follicle are ectomesen­ chymal (mesectodermal), being partly derived from cells that mi­ grated from the ...