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Longitudinal section of a decalcified tooth

   

Workbook tasks

Slide 27: Tooth

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This slide is a longitudinally ground section of the tooth.

Identify microscopically:

  1. Enamel
  2. Dentine

  3. Cementum

  4. Interglobular space

  5. Granular layer of Tomes

  6. Retzius lines

Draw and annotate:

A diagram of the tooth showing the different structures and divisions.

 

Reflection:
  1. What is characteristic of the enamel?
  2. How can one recognise the dentine?
  3. What cells are found in the cementum, and where are they found?
  4. What are the interglobular spaces ad the layer of Tomes?
 

Slides

Microscope

Longitudinal section through a decalcified tooth

Very low magnification

Overview
Very low magnification of the tooth
 

Clinical application

Root Canal procedure: unhealthy tooth, drilling, filing, rubber filling. Root Canal procedure: unhealthy tooth, drilling, filing, rubber filling. Root Canal procedure: unhealthy tooth, drilling, filing, rubber filling. Root Canal procedure: unhealthy tooth, drilling, filing, rubber filling.
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