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SYN: dentine. [L. dens, tooth]

- hereditary opalescent d. 1. SYN: dentinogenesis imperfecta. 2. SYN: opalescent d..

- hypersensitive d. exposed d., usually at the cervical portion of a tooth, painful to touch, sweetness, or temperature changes.

- interglobular d. imperfectly calcified matrix of d. situated between the calcified globules near the dentinal periphery.

- irregular d., irritation d. SYN: tertiary d..

- opalescent d. d. usually associated with dentinogenesis imperfecta. It gives an unusual opalescent or translucent appearance to the teeth. SYN: hereditary opalescent d. (2).

- peritubular d. an electron-dense layer of d. observed adjacent to the odontoblastic process.

- primary d. d. which forms until the root is completed.

- reparative d. SYN: tertiary d..

- sclerotic d. d. characterized by calcification of the dentinal tubules as a result of injury or normal aging. SYN: transparent d..

- secondary d. d. formed by normal pulp function after root end formation is complete.

- tertiary d. morphologically irregular d. formed in response to an irritant. SYN: irregular d., irritation d., reparative d..

- transparent d. SYN: sclerotic d..

- vascular d. SYN: vasodentin.

den·tin 'dent-ən or den·tine 'den-.tēn, den-'tēn n 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 'dent-ən-əl; 'den-.tēn-əl, den-' adj