Crossword clues for dentin
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also dentine, the hard substance in teeth, 1836, from comb. form of Latin dens (genitive dentis) "tooth" (see tooth) + chemical suffix -in (2).
Wiktionary
alt. The hard, dense calcareous material that makes up the bulk of a tooth n. The hard, dense calcareous material that makes up the bulk of a tooth
WordNet
Wikipedia
Dentin ( American English) or dentine ( or ) (British English) is a calcified tissue of the body and, along with enamel, cementum, and pulp, is one of the four major components of teeth. It is usually covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on the root and surrounds the entire pulp. By weight, 45% of dentin consists of the mineral hydroxylapatite, 33% is organic material, and 22% is water. Yellow in appearance, it greatly affects the color of a tooth due to the translucency of enamel. Dentin, which is less mineralized and less brittle than enamel, is necessary for the support of enamel. Dentin rates approximately 3 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Dentinal sclerosis/transparent dentin-sclerosis of primary dentin is regressive alteration in tooth characterized by calcification of dentinal tubules. It can occur as a result of injury to dentin by caries or abrasion, or as part of the normal aging process.
Usage examples of "dentin".
It looked as though some potent acid had eaten into the surfaces and stripped away the enamel and much of the softer dentin beneath (again applying human terms to the un-human).
It would require the removal of far more healthy dentin than was necessary, for one thing.
However, what we analyzed shows enamel, dentin, cementum, dehydrated pulp, tobacco stain and lead traces.
The few remaining teeth showed a striking pathology: a separation of the odontoblast layer from the dentin.