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Dentin Flashcards

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Characterized as positively birefringent?

A

Dentin

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Color of dentin?

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Yellow intrinsic color

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Organic material of dentin? (3)

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  • Collagen
  • Ground substance
  • Water
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Types of dentin. (4)

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  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Tertiary
  • Predentin/dentinoid
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Also known as orthodentin or regular dentin?

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Primary dentin

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Other terms of tertiary dentin?

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  • Reactive
  • Reparative
  • Irregular secondary dentin
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Primary dentin is developed before or after tooth eruption?

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Before tooth eruption

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It has regularly arranged dentinal tubules?

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Primary dentin

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Peripheral layer of dentin found adjacent to the enamel in the crown and cementum in the roots?

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Mantle dentin

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9
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Layer of dentin containing collagen alpha fibrils?

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Mantle dentin

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True or false. Incremental lines can be found in mantle dentin?

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False

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11
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Makes up the bulk of dentin?

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Circumpulpal dentin

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Dentin consisting of beta fibrils and mucopolysaccharide grounds substance?

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Circumpulpal dentin

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13
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Acts as a lubricant or as shock absorber?

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Mucopolysaccharide

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30
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True or false. Dentin is hydrophilic?

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True

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31
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Intertubular dentin consist of what type of collagen fibers?

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Type 1

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32
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Dentinal tubules exhibit ___? shaped curvature.

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S shaped

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33
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Regularly arranged canals from pulp to DEJ/DCJ

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Dentinal tubules

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34
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True or false. Dentinal tubules are more pronounced in the incisal and cuspal areas.

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False

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Why are dentinal tubules few in incisal/cuspal areas?

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Due to crowding of odontoblasts as more dentin is formed

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36
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True or false. Tubules in root dentin has less S curvature?

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True

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37
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Types of branching. (2)

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  • Dichotomous
  • Greater branching
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38
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Contents of dentinal tubules. (3)

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  • Odontoblastic process
  • Periodontal space
  • Intratubular nerve
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39
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Other term for odontoblastic process?

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Tome’s fiber or dentinal fiber

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40
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Cytoplasmic extension of odontoblasts?

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Odontoblastic process

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41
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Found between the odontoblatic process and wall of the tubule?

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Periodontoblastic space

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42
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Periodontoblastic space contains ____?

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Dentinal fluid

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43
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Dentinal tubules filled with air?

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Dead tracts

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44
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Causes of dead tracts? (2)

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  • Retraction of odontoblastic process
  • Death of odontoblast
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45
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Occurs when dentinal tubules have become occluded with calcified material?

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Sclerotic dentin

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46
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Glossy appearance of dentin is due to formation of?

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Sclerotic dentin

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47
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Note: In sclerotic dentin, there is no odontoblastic process..

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Filled with intratubular dentin instead

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48
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True or false. Sclerotic dentin decrease with age.

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False. Increases

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49
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Part of tooth where sclerotic dentin is found?

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  • Apical 1/3 of root
  • Midways between DEJ and pulp
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50
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Globular zones of dentin mineralization?

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Calcospherites

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51
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Areas of hypomineralized dentin where calcospherites failed to fuse?

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Interglobular dentin

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52
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Formation of interglobular dentin is due to? (2)

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  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Exposure to high levels of fluoride
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53
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True or false. Tubules in interglobular dentin are uninterrupted.

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True

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54
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True or false. Interglobular dentin is found in circumpulpal dentin.

55
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Black structures located in the root dentin adjacent to cementum?

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Granular layer of Tome’s

56
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True or false. Granular layers of tomes is seen decalcified section?

A

False. Seen only in ground section

57
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Incremental lines of dentin?

58
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Dentin is mineralized in a __ hour cycle?

59
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Changes in coloration of dentin?

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Contour lines of Owen

60
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It intercepts the DEJ and meet an accompanying Striae of Retzius?

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Contour lines of Owen

61
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Formative organ of dentin?

A

Dental papilla

62
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Embryonic origin of dentin?

A

Ectomesenchyme

63
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Formation of dentin begins at what stage of tooth development?

A

Late bell stage

64
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First sign of dentin formation?

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Appearance of Von Korff’s fibers

65
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Fibrils of odontoblasts?

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Beta fibrils

66
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Composition of predentin? (2)

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  • Collagen fibers
  • Ground substance
67
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Theories of dentin sensitivity? (3)

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  • Direct conduction
  • Transduction
  • Hydrodynamic theory
68
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An unusual feature of dentin-pulp complex?

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Dentin sensitivity

69
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Overwhelming sensation percipeived by dentin-pulp complex?

70
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Stimuli of dentin sensitivity comes from? (3)

A
  • Airwater spray
  • Contact with a bur or probe
  • Dehydration
71
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Part of tooth where dentin is more sensitive?

A
  • Along the DEJ
  • Near the pulp
72
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Theory states that dentin is directly innervated?

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Direct conduction

73
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Downside of direct conduction theory?

A

Not all tubules have nerves

74
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Theory states that odontoblasts acts as receptors?

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Transduction theory

75
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Theory that states: Fluid movement stimulates receptors in the pulp

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Hydrodynamic theory

76
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Two treatments for hypersensitivity.

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  • Interrupt neural response to pain
  • Occlude open tubules
77
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Disturbance of dentin mineralization causes?

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Dentinogenesis imperfecta

78
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Dentinogenesis imperfecta is characterized by? (3)

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  • Abnormally translucent enamel
  • Bulbous crown with short root
  • Obliteration of the pulp
79
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Placement of calcium hydroxide liner for deep cavities?

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Indirect pulp capping

80
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True or false. Sclerotic dentin is observed after endodontic therapy.

A

False.

No pulp or odontoblasts, therefore no sclerotic dentin formed

81
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Houses the pulpal tissue?

A

Pulp cavity

82
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Occupies the coronal pulp?

A

Pulp chamber

83
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Occupies the radicular pulp?

A

Root canal

84
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Openings of the pulp is called?

85
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Lateral branching of the main root canal?

A

Accessory canal

86
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Allows communication between pulp and periodontal ligament?

A

Accessory canal

87
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Serves as an avenues for spread of disease from one tissue to another?

A

Accessory canal

88
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Where blood vessels and nerves enter and exit the tooth?

A

Apical foramen

89
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Describe the apical foramen of newly erupted teeth.

A

Open and should not be extracted

90
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True or false. As tooth completes its development, apical foramen becomes more centrally located.

A

False. More eccentric

91
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What makes apical foramen more occlusally located than the anatomical apex? (2)

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  • Deposition of cementum
  • Resorption of dentin
92
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Narrowest portion of pulp cavity?

A

Apical constriction

93
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Functions of pulp. (5)

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  • Inductive
  • Formative
  • Sensory
  • Nutritive
  • Defensive
94
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Morphotic response of pulp?

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  • Formation of tertiary dentin
  • Formation of sclerotic dentin
95
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Inflammatory response of pulp?

96
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Structural components of pulp (4)

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  • Odontoblastic zone
  • Cell free zone
  • Cell rich zone
  • Pulp proper/pulp core
98
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Develops after root formation is completed?

A

Secondary dentin

99
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Asymmetric reduction in size and shape of the pulp chamber?

A

Pulp recession

100
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True or false. Secondary dentin is deposited slower than primary dentin?

101
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Change in direction which marks the separation of primary and secondary dentin?

A

Schreger’s line

102
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Formed in response to noxious stimuli?

A

Tertiary dentin

103
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True or false. Tertiary dentin has more dentinal tubules?

A

False. Fewer dentinal tubules

104
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True or false. Tertiary dentin is found only on areas needed.

105
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Uncalcified dentin

106
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It lines the innermost portion of dentin

107
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Predentin is calcified within ___ hours?

108
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Covers the walls of dentinal tubules?

A

Intratubular dentin

109
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Another term for intratubular dentin?

A

Peritubular dentin

110
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True or false. Peritubular dentin is more mineralized and dense than intertubular dentin.

111
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True or false. Peritubular dentin is continuously formed.

112
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Found between the dentinal tubules?

A

Intertubular dentin

113
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It forms the main bulk of dentinal material?

A

Intertubular dentin

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