A connective tissue cell of neural crest origin found in the odontoblastic layer of the dental pulp that is responsible for deposition of dentin.
One of the connective tissue cells that constitutes the outer surface of the dental pulp adjacent to the dentin.
A primitive cell of the tooth germ concerned with the formation of dentine.
One of the cells forming the surface layer of the dental papilla that is responsible for the formation of the dentin of a tooth. After a tooth is formed, the odontoblasts line the pulp cavity and continue to produce dentin for years after the tooth has erupted.