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How is a tooth attached to the bone of the jaw?
The root ot a tooth is attached to an alevouls (socket in the jaw bone) as follows: Dentin (from the tooth) attaches to a substance called cementum; cementum attaches to a periodontal ligament; the ligament attaches to the jaw bone
Which tissue appears as a fine white line surrounding the root of the tooth of a dental human xray?
The periodontal ligament can be seen as a fine white line around the root of the tooth on an dental xray.
What holds the tooth in the jaw bone?
The mandible. Known to leymen as the lower jaw
What is dentine?
a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth
What is the bone socket for tooth?
A periodontal ligament surrounds the cementum. This ligament contains vessels and nerves as well as bundles of think collagenous fibers which pass between the cementum and the bone of the alveolar process, firmly attaching the tooth to the jaw.
What attaches the tooth to the periodontal membrane?
cementum
What attaches the tooth to bone and surroundings alveolar structures?
Periodontal ligament
What is the membrane that anchors the tooth to the jaw?
The "membrane that links a tooth the the bone of the jaw is called periodontal ligament. It is made of fibrous tissue arranged in groups of collagen fibres.
How is a tooth attached to the bone of the jaw?
The root ot a tooth is attached to an alevouls (socket in the jaw bone) as follows: Dentin (from the tooth) attaches to a substance called cementum; cementum attaches to a periodontal ligament; the ligament attaches to the jaw bone
The fibrous connective tissue joining the tooth to the tooth socket?
The fibrous connective tissue joining the tooth to the tooth socket is the periodontal ligament.
Is it true Dentin anchors the tooth in place?
No. Dentin is the slightly softer material that is found under the enamel of a tooth. Your tooth is held into place by a ligament (the periodontal ligament) that connects the tooth root to bone.
What is a anchor tooth?
a periodontal ligament
What is the difference between periodontal and endodontic lesions?
periodontal is of the gum and endodontic is of the root of the tooth itselt
Tooth structure includes?
A thin periodontal igament that holds the tooth in place.
Peridontal disease is eliminated when all teeth extracted?
By definition, yes. Periodontal means "around the tooth." Periodontal disease is disease around the tooth. If there are no teeth, there can be no disease around the teeth.
What is the primary function of the periodontal ligament?
to support, maintain and retain the tooth .
How do you read a periodontal chart?
In dentistry, a periodontal chart records the health of the gums. It measures the distance between the gum line and the point where the tooth is actually attached. There are six measurements taken for each tooth.
