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pre·den·tin (pre-denґtin) the soft fibrillar substance composing the primitive dentin and forming the inner layer of the circumpulpar dentin; called also dentinoid.Medical dictionary. 2011.
predentin — pre·dentin … English syllables
predentin — (ˈ)prē+ noun Etymology: pre + dentin : immature uncalcified dentin consisting chiefly of fibrils … Useful english dictionary
Dentin — Parts of a tooth, including dentine Dentine (AE: dentin) is a calcified tissue of the body, and along with enamel, cementum, and pulp is one of the four major components of teeth. Usually, it is covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on the… … Wikipedia
Pulp (tooth) — Section of a human molar Latin pulpa dentis Gray s … Wikipedia
Amelogenesis — is the formation of enamel on teeth and occurs during the crown stage of tooth development after dentinogenesis, which is the formation of dentine. Since dentine must be present for enamel to be formed, this prerequisite is an example of the… … Wikipedia
Korff fibers — Korff fibers, also von Korff fibers are thick collageneous fibers in the developing tooth that begin in the dental papilla, spiral between the cells of the odontoblast layer, and form the matrix of the dentin. They are 0.1 to 0.2 µm in diameter… … Wikipedia
dentinoid — 1. Resembling dentin. 2. SYN: dentinoma. [dentin + G. eidos, resembling] * * * den·ti·noid den tē .nȯid n the immature still uncalcified matrix of dentin * * * den·ti·noid (denґtĭ noid) 1. resembling dentin. 2. predentin … Medical dictionary
circumpulpal dentin — the inner portion of the dentin, adjacent to the pulp chamber, consisting of thinner fibrils. See also predentin … Medical dictionary
