EPITHELIAL CELL RESTS OF MALASSAZ: IN DENTISTRY

•The growth of HERS occurs by directed proliferation of the epithelial cells of the root sheath . •At later stages of root development, however, the distance between cords of HERS cells and the mesh diameter in the epithelial network covering the root surface increased, lending support to the argument that during terminal stages of root growth and development, HERS proliferation rates do not match the proliferation rates of connective tissue cells contributing to root growth. •It thus appears as if there were fewer HERS cells on the maturing root surface than on the early-onset root surface.