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the hard yellow tissue underlying the enamel and cementum, making up the main bulk of the tooth.
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the material that composes the principal mass of a tooth
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The bonelike material that forms the body of a tooth; differs from bone in that it lacks osteocytes and osteons.
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A tissue, hard and bone-like, that forms most of the tooth.
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The tooth material directly under the enamel layer. It is somewhat softer than enamel and more yellow in colour. Diastema: A space or gap that occurs between two adjacent teeth.
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Makes up the largest part of the tooth. Dentin is like bone and is almost as hard as enamel.
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The inner hard tissue of the tooth, full of tubules with the cell processes of odontoblasts in them.
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the layer of tooth with sensory innervations
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osseus tissues of a tooth, enclosing the pulp cavity
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bone-like material in body of tooth, lacks osteocytes.
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the part of the tooth that surrounds the center of the tooth, and that is enveloped by enamel
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Chief substance of teeth which surrounds tooth pulp and is covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on the root.
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a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth
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bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth
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Softer layer of tooth structure that lies beneath the enamel.
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The part of the tooth directly under enamel. Dentin is much softer than enamel.
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the bone-like tissue that comprises the principal mass of a tooth.
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the middle part of the tooth surrounding the pulp and covered by enamel. Beige in color.
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a mid part of tooth surrounding the pulp and covered by enamel
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The tissue, which forms the main body of the tooth.
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Makes up majority of the tooth, softer than enamel but harder than cementum, composed of tubules that help transmit sensation to the nerve.
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the core of the tooth, covered by enamel
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Bone-like substance found beneath the hard enamel of the tooth. It is softer than enamel
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The tissue of the tooth underlying the cementum of the crown which makes up the bulk of the substance of the tooth.
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The tissue of a tooth beneath the enamel and enclosing the pulp cavity.
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Tissue that forms the main body of the tooth.
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The part of the tooth that is under both the enamel which covers the crown and the cementum which covers the root.
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This is the main tissue that forms the shape of the tooth. Dentin is the material which exists between the pulp and the enamel, and comprised of a series of dentinal tubules stacked on top of each other.
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This is the tooth material directly under the enamel layer. It is somewhat softer than enamel and more yellow in color
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The inner, seim-hard structure of a tooth between the enamel (or cementum) exteriorly and the pulp interiorly
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The hard tissue under the enamel of the tooth structure covered by enamel and surrounded by a layer of cementum along the tooth.
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The part of the tooth body which is located under the enamel (covering the crown, above the gumline) and the cementum (covering the root, under the gumline).
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The second layer of a tooth that supports the enamel. It is a yellow bony material that contains some of the tooth's nerve fibers.
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The layer of tooth structure under the enamel.
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the bone-like tissue that supports the enamal and makes up most of the tooth structure.
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The tooth layer lying between the inner pulp (containing the tooth's blood and nerve supply) and the overlying enamel.
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Inner layer of tooth structure, immediately under the surface enamel
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That part of the tooth that is beneath enamel and cementum.
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The main tissues of a tooth surrounding the pulp cavity.
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The middle layer of a tooth, which makes up most of the tooth's mass.
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hard tissue under the enamel and cementum of the tooth.
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Layer of tooth structure under the enamel. Exposed dentine is the main cause of tooth sensitivity.
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The yellowish hard tissue layer that makes up the majority of the tooth located under the enamel and the cementum (the layer that protects the root).
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middle layer of the tooth, below the enamel and surrounding the pulp
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This substance makes up the teeth immediately beneath the layers of enamel and cementum. (See also Cementum and Enamel).
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The calcium part of a tooth below the enamel containing the pulp chamber and root canals.
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The main portion of the tooth structure covered by enamel and surrounded by a layer of cementum along the root. See "What are teeth made of?"
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The substance which makes up most of a tooth
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Dentin (BE: dentine) is the substance between enamel (substance in the crown) or cementum (substance in the root) of a tooth and the pulp chamber. Dentin is secreted by the odontoblasts of the dental pulp. The formation of dentin is known as dentinogenesis.
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