Odontography
Keywords:
cementum, OrangutanAbstract
The curious combination of the contrasting hardest and softest tissues in the human body incorporated into teeth requires introspection. The vastly varying modalities of different tissue types, from soft dental pulp and periodontal ligament through cementum into dentine and enamel incorporated in human teeth is astonishing. The durability of human dentitions correlates with their longevity. Moreover, teeth are the longest lasting organs after death, defying postmortem decay, yet contrastingly so susceptible to caries during life. The complex morphology of teeth reveals an historical background of food acquisition from palaeontological
evidence.1 The amount of detailed historical information that can be gleaned from a meticulous examination of teeth is incomparable. The molecular mechanisms of dental enamel formation are reveale
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