title: Studies on the dental lamina as related to its role in the etiology of cysts and tumors.
abstract: The natural history of the dental lamina involved in the formation of the permanent molars of macaque monkeys is described. Its relation to the oral mucosa and surrounding structures shows that the remnants of this lamina are unlikely to be the principal origin of keratocysts and ameloblastomas.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002455:Cell Division; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D000882:Haplorhini; D008251:Macaca; D008963:Molar / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000209:etiology*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000209:etiology*; D014083:Tooth Germ / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*