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The body of the cell between the processes first deposits enamel, which will become the periphery of the enamel prisms, then the Tomes's process will infill the main body of the enamel prism. More than one ameloblast contributes to a single prism.
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Ross, Michael H., Gordon I. Kaye, and Wojciech Pawlina. Histology: a text and atlas. 4th edition. 2003.
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Cate, A. R. Ten. Oral Histology: development, structure, and function. 5th ed. 1998.
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They are located on the secretory, basal, end of the ameloblast.
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separate the developing enamel from the enamel organ.
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