tooth enamel

collocation in English

meaningsoftoothandenamel

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tooth
noun
uk
/tuːθ/us
/tuːθ/
one of the hard, white objects in the mouth that are used for biting and chewing (= ...
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enamel
noun
uk
/ɪˈnæm.əl/us
/ɪˈnæm.əl/
a decorative glass-like substance that is melted onto clay, metal, or glass objects, and then left to cool and become hard, or an object covered with ...
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(Definition oftoothandenamelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, these teeth lack wrinkledtoothenameland possess a sub-cylindrical crosssection.
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However, these features were combined with several innovations, such as wrinkledtoothenamel.
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Post-depositional contamination oftoothenamel(diagenesis) is normally not significant in strontium-isotope studies.
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Analysis of histoothenamelwould provide confirmation of this assumption.
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Toothenamelis especially useful as a sample tissue because it preserves the isotopic signal of the diet consumed in childhood when the teeth developed.
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Strontium-isotope studies have focused ontoothenamelrather than bone.
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As is the case for oxygen isotopes, strontium is deposited as a permanent signature of the place of origin astoothenamelforms in the fetus, infant, and child.
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It causes dental fluorosis, damage to thetoothenamel, which is symptomatic of fluoride poisoning in childhood.
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On the other hand, the drinking of water containing two parts or more of fluorine often gives rise to small white flecks ontoothenamel, and the softening of teeth.
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Toothenamelevolved differently in marsupials and eutherians.
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Also, prolonged exposure to bleaching agents may damagetoothenamel.
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Full-porcelain restorations are particularly desirable because their color and translucency mimic naturaltoothenamel.
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Improper or over-vigorous brushing may cause sore gums, damage totoothenamel, gingivitis, and bleeding gums.
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They are involved in biomineralization duringtoothenameldevelopment.
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The final pattern was apatitic, intermediate in sharpness between those oftoothenameland bone.
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Most dentists recommend using a toothbrush labelled soft, since hard bristled toothbrushes can damagetoothenameland irritate the gums.
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It is an important constituent oftoothenamel.
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These bacteria consume leftover sugars in the mouth, producing lactic acid that corrodestoothenameland ultimately causes cavities.
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The fluoride ions reduce the rate oftoothenameldemineralization and increase the rate of remineralization of teeth at the early stages of cavities.
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