Primary enamel cuticle. A delicate membrane that briefly covers the crowns of newly erupted teeth. Consists of ameloblasts of the reduced enamel epithelium attached to the enamel by a basal lamina.
A thin cuticle consisting of the cellular remnants of the enamel organ and the mucopolysaccharide basement membrane that attaches them to the enamel surface. This covering is very friable and usually lost after eruption of the tooth into the oral cavity; however, it may persist in protected areas, such as the labial surface of maxillary incisors.