English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

2007-05-31 12:59:15 · 3 answers · asked by loh82sk 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

3 answers

Tooth enamel is the hardest and most highly mineralized substance of the body, and with dentin, cementum, and dental pulp is one of the four major tissues which make up the tooth. It is the normally visible dental tissue of a tooth and must be supported by underlying dentin. Ninety-six percent of enamel consists of mineral, with water and organic material composing the rest. The normal color of enamel varies from light yellow to grayish white. At the edges of teeth where there is no dentin underlying the enamel, the color sometimes has a slightly blue tone. Since enamel is semitranslucent, the color of dentin and any restorative dental material underneath the enamel strongly affects the appearance of a tooth. Enamel varies in thickness over the surface of the tooth and is often thickest at the cusp, up to 2.5 mm, and thinnest at its border, which is seen clinically as the cementoenamel junction (CEJ).

2007-05-31 15:55:48 · answer #1 · answered by iluvkikyam 2 · 1 0

The enamel of the teeth is the hardest.

2007-05-31 14:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by Mico 2 · 1 1

Tooth enamel

2007-05-31 13:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by Labsci 7 · 3 1

fedest.com, questions and answers