dentinal (redirected from dentinal tubules)

den·tin·al (dnt-nl, dn-t-)

adj.

Of or relating to dentin.

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dentinal

(den´tnl),
adj pertaining to the dentin.

dentinal dysplasia,

n See dysplasia, dentinal.

dentinal fluid,

n the tissue fluid in the dentinal tubule that surrounds the odontoblastic process.

dentinal permeability,

n the degree to which fluids can pass through intact dentin.

dentinal tubule,

n a microscopic tube within dentin that spreads outward from the tooth's center. It carries dentinal fluid.

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dentinal

pertaining to dentin.

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dentinal fibers

fibers contained in predentin but displaced by dentin as it is deposited, the fibers leaving apical processes of odontocytes behind, contained in dentinal tubules through which nerves also pass; called also odontoblastic processes.

dentinal tubules

see dentinal fibers (above).