Epithelium that is part of a developing tooth or dental organ. [ https://github.com/cerivs/zebrafish-anatomical-ontology/issues/107 ZFA:0005134 ]
Synonyms: dental epithelium tooth epithelium odontogenic epithelium dental epithelia
Term information
- VHOG:0001443
- MA:0003151
- AAO:0011027
- XAO:0003203
- BTO:0001723
- ZFA:0005134
- EMAPA:32903
- TAO:0005134
- UMLS:C1709309 (ncithesaurus:Odontogenic_Epithelial_Remnants)
- NCIT:C54296
vertebrate_core
In the developing molar dentition of the mouse, tooth inductive po- tential resides in the dental epithelium until embryonic day (E)12.5 (3). Thereafter, tooth inductive potential shifts to neural crest-derived dental mesenchyme, which acquires the ability to direct tooth formation in nonodontogenic tissues (3, 4)