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Cementum is a
specialized calcified substance covering the root of a tooth. The
cementum is the part of the
periodontium that
attaches the
teeth to the...
- visible. The
anatomic root is
found below the CEJ and is
covered with
cementum. As with the crown,
dentin composes most of the root,
which normally has...
- the
excessive buildup of
normal cementum (calcified tissue) on the
roots of one or more teeth. A
thicker layer of
cementum can give the
tooth an enlarged...
- matrix. The hard
tissues of
humans are bone,
tooth enamel, dentin, and
cementum. The term is in
contrast to soft tissue. Bone is a
rigid organ that constitutes...
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where the enamel,
which covers the
anatomical crown of a tooth, and the
cementum,
which covers the
anatomical root of a tooth, meet.
Informally it is known...
- of
cementum forms around the
fiber bundles of the
periodontal ligaments. The
cementoblasts forming cellular cementum become trapped in the
cementum they...
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bacteria dissolving the hard
tissues of the
teeth (enamel,
dentin and
cementum). The acid is
produced by the
bacteria when they
break down food debris...
- humans. For
human teeth to have a
healthy oral environment, enamel, dentin,
cementum, and the
periodontium must all
develop during appropriate stages of fetal...
- of the tooth, or root resorption, is the
progressive loss of
dentin and
cementum by the
action of odontoclasts. Root
resorption is a
normal physiological...
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tooth to the
alveolar bone
within which they sit. It
inserts into root
cementum on one side and onto
alveolar bone on the other. The PDL
consists of prin****l...
