Dentine - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: dentineDentinal
Of or pertaining to dentine...
Dentine
The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed It contains less animal matter than bone and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel...
Incremental
Pertaining to or resulting from the process of growth as the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth...
Interglobular
Between globules applied esp to certain small spaces surrounded by minute globules in dentine...
Plicidentine
A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth...
Ivory
Ivory, in Collins English Dictionary, 'ivory' has been defined as:(i) A hard smooth creamy white variety of dentine that makes up a major part of the tusks of elephants, walruses and similar animals.(ii) A tusk made of ivory.(iii) a yellowish-white colour; cream.(iv) A substance resembling elephant tusk.Ivory, therefore, even as per the dictionary mean-ing is not confined to elephant ivory, Balram Kamanat v. Union of India, (2003) 7 SCC 628 (634)....
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