Dental canaliculi

The dental canaliculi (sometimes called dentinal tubules) are the blood supply of a tooth. Odontoblast process run in the canaliculi that transverse the dentin layer and are referred as dentinal tubules.The number and size of the canaliculi decrease as the tubules move away from the pulp and toward the enamel or cementum.

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