What Does Osteodentin Mean?

What are the 4 types of dentin?

Dentin includes primary, secondary, and tertiary dentin. Based on structure, primary dentin is composed of mantle and circumpulpal dentin. Examples of these classifications are given in Fig. 8-1, A.

What is tooth dentine?

Dentin. That part of the tooth that is beneath enamel and cementum. It contains microscopic tubules (small hollow tubes or canals). When dentin loses its protective covering (enamel), the tubules allow heat and cold or acidic or sticky foods to stimulate the nerves and cells inside the tooth, causing sensitivity.