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Word: cementum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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...normal human tooth consists of a very hard outer casing, enamel where it projects beyond the gum, cementum (bone) inside the gum line; a less hard inner body of dentin (ivory); and at the core a soft pulp which contains an exquisitely sensitive nerve. Practically all dentists treat the hard enamel and dentin as though they are dead substances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dental Lymph | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

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