NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HEAD NECK

PHARYNX LARYNX 47

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The odontoblast layer is inner to which layer?
A
dentin
B
predentin
C
cementum
D
pulp cavity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first layer of predentin begins its mineralization in a globular pattern, where small centers of calcification(crystals) which come from matrix vesicle(electrone microscopic vesicle attached to cell membrane of odontoblast which contain first Hydroxyapatite crystals and alkaline phosphatase enzyme).

Detailed explanation-2: -Each odontoblast process is located within its own narrow channel within the dentin, called a dentinal tubule, formed as dentin matrix is deposited and mineralized around the process.

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