Electron microscopic examination of the periodontal ligament of the mouse molar at the ligament-cementum and ligament-bone interfaces revealed fibroblasts apparently engaged in the severing and phagocytosis of ligament collagen fibrils originally anchored to bone or cementum as "Sharpey's fibers".
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