Enamel formation then continues outward, away from the center of the tooth.

Enamel formation is first seen in the crown stage.

Enamel formation is part of the overall process of tooth development.

A lack of vitamin A can cause a reduction in the amount of enamel formation.

Enamel formation is called amelogenesis and occurs in the crown stage of tooth development.

Evenly spaced Retzius lines indicate a 6-11 day cycle of enamel formation.

Enamel formation in non-human mammals is almost identical to that in humans.

The neonatal line is the darkest band, which represents the disrupted enamel formation due to the stress of being born.

Generally, enamel formation occurs in two stages: the secretory and maturation stages.

Amelogenesis, or enamel formation, occurs after the first establishment of dentin, via cells known as ameloblasts.

Both ameloblasts (the cells which initiate enamel formation) and Tomes' processes affect the crystals' pattern.

This layer, along with the inner enamel epithelium, is responsible for the tooth enamel formation.

It is caused by the different physiologic changes at birth and is used to identify enamel formation before and after birth.

Proline-rich proteins (function in enamel formation, Ca-binding, microbe killing and lubrication)

In the maturation stage, the ameloblasts transport some of the substances used in enamel formation out of the enamel.

The formation of a developing tooth includes the process of dentin formation, (see: Dentinogenesis) and enamel formation, (see: amelogenesis).

After tooth formation, the ameloblasts, which produce enamel, are destroyed once enamel formation is complete and thus cannot later regenerate enamel after its destruction.

"Reciprocal induction" governs the relationship between the formation of dentin and enamel; dentin formation must always occur before enamel formation.

Nonetheless, while ameloblasts die in humans and most other animals-making further enamel formation impossible-rodents continually produce enamel, forcing them to wear down their teeth by gnawing on various materials.

The protein encoded by this gene degrades amelogenin, the major protein component of dental enamel matrix, and so the protein is thought to play a role in tooth enamel formation.

Historically, enamel organ has been the term to describe this structure, but it was attempted unsuccessfully in recent years to change the name to dental organ in order to better represent its multiple functions apart from enamel formation.

Outside the dentin are ameloblasts, which are cells that continue the process of enamel formation; therefore, enamel formation moves outwards, adding new material to the outer surface of the developing tooth.

Enamel formation continues around the adjoining ameloblasts, resulting in a walled area, or pit, that houses a Tomes' process, and also around the end of each Tomes' process, resulting in a deposition of enamel matrix inside of each pit.