Figure 6.

The short in vivo labeling minerals in dentin support the contribution of odontoblast processes to mineralization a. A schematic illustration of short time injections of Alizarin-red to 5-day-old 2.3 Col 1-GFP pups at 5-, 15-, 30- and 60-minute, respectively; and b. The distribution pattern of the red labeled mineral layer is more intense at the 15- and 60-minum time points (lower panels). It is worth noticing that the labeled mineral layers at the time of 15-minute take place along with entire odontoblast processes; and that some of labels are observed in more broad dentin areas at the time of 60 minute.