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Stomatognathic System > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth Components > Dental Enamel
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth Components > Dental Enamel
... > Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Mouth > Dentition > Tooth Components > Dental Enamel

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Dental Enamel  

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Entry terms

  • Dental Enamels
  • Enamel
  • Enamel, Dental
  • Enamels
  • Enamels, Dental

Note

  • /embryol: consider also AMELOGENESIS

Scope note

  • A hard thin translucent layer of calcified substance which envelops and protects the dentin of the crown of the tooth. It is the hardest substance in the body and is almost entirely composed of calcium salts. Under the microscope, it is composed of thin rods (enamel prisms) held together by cementing substance, and surrounded by an enamel sheath. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)

History note

  • ENAMEL CUTICLE was heading 1965-96; NASMYTH'S MEMBRANE was see ENAMEL CUTICLE 1975-96

In other languages

  • hammaskiille

    Finnish

  • adamantiini
  • adamantinum
  • enamelum
  • kiille
  • substantia adamantina
  • substantia vitrea
  • Tandemalj

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003743

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