dentinoid
English
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editdentinoid (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to dentin
Noun
editdentinoid (countable and uncountable, plural dentinoids)
- A dysplastic form of dentin.
- 2014 November 20, [Adalberto Mosqueda-Taylor,corresponding author Brad W. Neville, Yukihiro Tatemoto, Ikuko Ogawa, and Takashi Takata], “[Odontogenic Carcinoma with Dentinoid: A New Odontogenic Carcinoma]”, in [Head and Neck Pathology], volume 8, number 4, page 421:
- Dentinoid was defined by Gardner and Farquhar as a collagenous tissue, generally non-mineralized, which resembles dentin, but which neither contains tubules nor fulfils the criteria for atubular dentin, and which is located in a close anatomical relationship to odontogenic epithelium.
- A rare tumor of the tooth, in part composed of dentin.
- Synonym: dentinoma
- The early, uncalcified stage of the dentin matrix seen during tooth formation.