Tooth Components
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Tooth Components. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Tooth Components.
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Terms
Dental Cementum - The bonelike rigid connective tissue covering the root of a tooth from the cementoenamel junction to...
Dental Enamel - A hard thin translucent layer of calcified substance which envelops and protects the dentin of the c...
Dental Papilla - Mesodermal tissue enclosed in the invaginated portion of the epithelial enamel organ and giving rise...
Dental Pellicle - A thin protein film on the surface of DENTAL ENAMEL. It is widely believed to result from the select...
Dental Pulp - A richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin, contained in the centra...
Dental Pulp Cavity - The space in a tooth bounded by the dentin and containing the dental pulp. The portion of the cavity...
Dental Sac - Dense fibrous layer formed from mesodermal tissue that surrounds the epithelial enamel organ. The ce...
Dentin - The hard portion of the tooth surrounding the pulp, covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on t...
Dentin, Secondary - Dentin formed by normal pulp after completion of root end formation....
Enamel Organ - Epithelial cells surrounding the dental papilla and differentiated into three layers: the inner enam...
Tooth Apex - The tip or terminal end of the root of a tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62)...
Tooth Cervix - The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referr...
Tooth Components - The anatomical components of a tooth, its tissues, and correlated parts....
Tooth Crown - The upper part of the tooth, which joins the lower part of the tooth (TOOTH ROOT) at the cervix (TOO...
Tooth Germ - The collective tissues from which an entire tooth is formed, including the DENTAL SAC; ENAMEL ORGAN;...
Tooth Root - The part of a tooth from the neck to the apex, embedded in the alveolar process and covered with cem...
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