Body Substance
tooth enamel
tooth e·nam·el [ tooth ih-nam-uhl ]
Subclass of:
Tooth Components
Definitions related to dental enamel:
  • (enamel) A hard, thin, translucent layer of calcified substance that envelops and protects the dentin of the crown of the tooth. It is the hardest substance in the body and is almost entirely composed of calcium salts.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (enamel) The hard outside layer of tooth material.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (tooth enamel) Hard, thin, translucent layer of calcified substance that envelops and protects the dentin of the crown of the tooth, almost entirely composed of calcium salts.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A hard thin translucent layer of calcified substance which envelops and protects the dentin of the crown of the tooth. It is the hardest substance in the body and is almost entirely composed of calcium salts. Under the microscope, it is composed of thin rods (enamel prisms) held together by cementing substance, and surrounded by an enamel sheath. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p286)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Enamel, in anatomy, the hardest tissue of the body, covering part or all of the crown of the tooth in mammals. Enamel, when mature, consists predominantly of apatite crystals containing calcium and phosphate. Enamel is not living and contains no nerves. The thickness and density of enamel vary...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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