Medical Dictionary
dentin
noun den·tin \ˈdent-ən\
Medical Definition of DENTIN
: a calcareous material similar to bone but harder and denser that composes the principal mass of a tooth, is formed by the odontoblasts of the surface of the dental papilla, and consists of a matrix containing minute parallel tubules which open into the pulp cavity and during life contain processes of the cells of the pulp—compare cementum, enamel
—den·tin·al \ˈdent-ən-əl; ˈden-ˌtēn-əl, den-ˈ\ adjective
Variants of DENTIN
den·tin or den·tine \ˈden-ˌtēn, den-ˈtēn\
Illustration of DENTIN
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