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Vinony

cementum

noun

  1. specialized calcified substance covering the root of a tooth; part of the periodontium that attaches the teeth to the alveolar bone by anchoring the periodontal ligament
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caementum. Doublet of cement.

  1. A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.

    “From a purely anatomic standpoint, root cementum is part of the tooth, but also part of the periodontium.”

    “Cementum is the least known calcified tissue in vertebrates (Bosshardt and Schroeder 1996) and several questions about cementogenesis have not yet been answered.”