Sentences with phrase «tooth cementum»

Danner, R.M., Farmer, C., Hess, S.C. et al. (2010) Survival of feral cats, Felis catus (Carnivora: Felidae), on Maua Kea, Hawai'i, based on tooth cementum lines.

Despite sample - to - sample variation, petrous bone overall performs better than tooth cementum (p = 0.001).

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Tooth enamel is the hardest and most highly mineralized substance of the body, and with dentin, cementum, and dental pulp is one of the four major parts of the tTooth enamel is the hardest and most highly mineralized substance of the body, and with dentin, cementum, and dental pulp is one of the four major parts of the toothtooth.

Most genetics research on ancient teeth has focused on the inner tooth tissue, dentine, but Adler's team found that cementum, the coating of the root, was a richer source of DNA.

Sometimes, he notes, people will develop abfractions — fracture points at the junction of the tooth / gum interface, which will lead to exposed dentin / cementum and increased sensitivity of teeth.

It is a main component of dermis (lower layer of skin) along with soft keratin, tendons, ligaments, deep fascia, bone, cartilage, and teeth (except enamel) forming the matrix of dentin, cementum, and alveolar bone.

The gingiva or gum, the cementum (a calcified substance that covers the root of a tooth), the periodontal ligament holding the tooth in the socket, and the alveolar bone that supports the tooth.

The periodontal structures are the ones involved that are the structures AROUND the tooth, including the gingiva, cementum, periodontal ligament, and alveolar bone.

If left untreated, critical structures (alveolar bone, periodontal ligament and tooth root cementum) below the gum line become involved, signifying the transition to periodontitis.

The periodontium is comprised of tissues that support the tooth - the gingiva (gums), cementum (connective tissue that covers tooth root), alveolar bone (socket), and periodontal ligament (fibers that attach the tooth to the alveolar bone).

Tooth resorption is a progressive disease which typically first erodes the cementum, or surface layer of the root, and the dentin, which is the hard tissue just below the enamel of the tTooth resorption is a progressive disease which typically first erodes the cementum, or surface layer of the root, and the dentin, which is the hard tissue just below the enamel of the toothtooth.

The dentin of the roots is covered with a layer called cementum, which helps cement the tooth in place.