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Enamel
The hardest calcified tissue in the
body, it
consist of enamel rods that are brittle and subject
to disintergration and breakage by acid produced on
the tooth surface by bacteria.
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Dentin
Pain stimuli
is transmitted through microscopic tubules found dentin,
Each tubule contains a nerve fiber that penetrate
the porous dentin.
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Pulp Chamber
Terminating point of blood vessels and
nerve as they follow the path thru the Root Canal from
the Root Apex. Stimuli
is transmitted and received
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Root
The root is
that portion of the tooth that is in the alveolar bone.
It is covered by a coat of material similar to bone called
cemetum. |
Root
Apex
The entrance
point of the nerve, blood vessels and connective tissue
to the Root Canal that terminates at Pulp Chamber. |
