Organ or Tissue Function
dentinogenesis
Subclass of:
Organogenesis
Definitions related to dentinogenesis:
  • The formation of dentin. Dentin first appears in the layer between the ameloblasts and odontoblasts and becomes calcified immediately. Formation progresses from the tip of the papilla over its slope to form a calcified cap becoming thicker by the apposition of new layers pulpward. A layer of uncalcified dentin intervenes between the calcified tissue and the odontoblast and its processes. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The formation of dentin; dentin first appears in the layer between the ameloblasts and odontoblasts and becomes calcified immediately; formation progresses from the tip of the papilla over its slope to form a calcified cap becoming thicker by the apposition of new layers pulpward; a layer of uncalcified dentin intervenes between the calcified tissue and the odontoblast and its processes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The process whose specific outcome is the formation of dentin, the mineralized tissue that constitutes the major bulk of teeth. Dentin may be one of three types: primary dentin, secondary dentin, and tertiary dentin.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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