"Dental Cementum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 canal, also assisting in tooth support by serving as attachment structures for the periodontal ligament. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
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D003739
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A14.549.167.646.267 A14.549.167.900.250
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Cementum" by people in Profiles.
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Wang L, Tran AB, Nociti FH, Thumbigere-Math V, Foster BL, Krieger CC, Kantovitz KR, Novince CM, Koh AJ, McCauley LK, Somerman MJ. PTH and Vitamin D Repress DMP1 in Cementoblasts. J Dent Res. 2015 Oct; 94(10):1408-16.
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Lyons CT, Peacock ME, Cuenin MF, Swiec GD, Dickey DJ. Severe localized periodontal destruction associated with cervical cemental separation. Gen Dent. 2005 May-Jun; 53(3):212-4.
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Neville BW, Albenesius RJ. The prevalence of benign fibro-osseous lesions of periodontal ligament origin in black women: a radiographic survey. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1986 Sep; 62(3):340-4.