Terms Related to Dental Pulp

• Dental Pulp Devitalization

  The destruction of the vitality of the pulp of the tooth. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p243)

• Dental Pulp Cavity

  The space in a tooth bounded by the dentin and containing the dental pulp. The portion of the cavity within the crown of the tooth ...

• Dental Cavity Liner

  An inner coating, as of varnish or other protective substance, to cover the dental cavity wall. It is usually a resinous film-forming agent dissolved in ...

• Dental Pulp Capping

  Application of a protective agent to an exposed pulp (direct capping) or the remaining thin layer of dentin over a nearly exposed pulp (indirect capping) ...

• Cavity Lining Varnish

  An inner coating, as of varnish or other protective substance, to cover the dental cavity wall. It is usually a resinous film-forming agent dissolved in ...

• Tooth Resorption

  Resorption of calcified dental tissue, involving demineralization due to reversal of the cation exchange and lacunar resorption by osteoclasts. There are two types: external (as ...

• Dental Cementum

  The bonelike rigid connective tissue covering the root of a tooth from the cementoenamel junction to the apex and lining the apex of the root ...