"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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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Cementum" by people in Profiles.
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Promoting Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-driven Biomineralization and Periodontal Regeneration in Rats with Maxillary-Molar Defects using Injectable BMP-6 Hydrogel. Sci Rep. 2018 01 08; 8(1):114.
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Cementum as a source of DNA in challenging forensic cases. J Forensic Leg Med. 2018 Feb; 54:76-81.
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Human permanent teeth are divided into two parts at the cemento-enamel junction in the divine golden ratio. Indian J Dent Res. 2017 Nov-Dec; 28(6):609-612.
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Intravenous bisphosphonate therapy does not thicken cementum or change periodontal ligaments of cancer patients. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2017 May; 123(5):591-599.
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Directing the differentiation of human dental follicle cells into cementoblasts and/or osteoblasts by a combination of HERS and pulp cells. J Mol Histol. 2011 Jun; 42(3):227-35.