Having both cell types seemed to be crucial: when odontoblasts were present alongside ameloblasts, genes coding for enamel proteins were more strongly expressed than with ameloblasts alone.

拥有这两种细胞类型似乎是至关重要的: 当成牙釉质细胞和成釉细胞同时存在时，编码牙釉质蛋白的基因比单独存在成釉细胞时表达得更强烈。