"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D003739
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A14.549.167.646.267 A14.549.167.900.250
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Cementum" by people in Profiles.
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Periodontal disease exacerbates systemic ovariectomy-induced bone loss in mice. Bone. 2016 Feb; 83:241-247.
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Genetic evidence for the vital function of Osterix in cementogenesis. J Bone Miner Res. 2012 May; 27(5):1080-92.
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Significant association between tooth extrusion and tooth resorption in domestic cats. J Vet Dent. 2008 Jun; 25(2):86-95.
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Immunolocalization of osteopontin, osteocalcin, and dentin sialoprotein during dental root formation and early cementogenesis in the rat. J Bone Miner Res. 1994 Jun; 9(6):833-41.