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Korff's Fibers
Pulp (A) lies in the lower left corner of this image. The ameloblasts (B) of the dental organ are separated from the thin sliver of enamel (C) by an artifactual space (D). There is a relatively thin layer of dentin (E) below the enamel. This tissue was impregnated with silver to demonstrate reticular fibers (F). These black fibers pass from the pulpal site of the odontoblasts (G), extend between them, through the dark dentin layer (E) to the dentinoenamel junction (H). These reticular fibers are called Korff's fibers. Korff's fibers are produced by the fibroblasts. They form the principal component of the organic matrix of the dentin that is initially deposited.
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A - pulp |
E - dentin |
