Odontitis

(o-don -ti '-lis). Dentium inflanmiatio; inflammation ol teeth. Formerly a synonym of dental caries, wliei "the dentine. this affection was supposed to be an in flamm at i i Odonto- (o-don'-to-). prefix that signifies resemblance to, connection or relation to a tooth. Ai Odontoblast (o-don' -to-blast). In biology, one of the formative ce dentine; one of the columnar cells forming the out layer of the pulp of teeth; they do not enter into th dentine which they have secreted (as do osteobus into bone), but they all remain at its base and into it numerous finely-branched proce es, which W parallel to each other in as many little channels 0 substances. The fibers are connected by fine ouioses. Lang. jblastic. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, an ltoblast. tobothriitis (p-don-to-both-re-i' -tis). Inflam:i of the socket of a tooth. don to bothrium (odon-to-both' -re-um). The alveolus of a tooth, jdontoceramic (p-don-to-ser-am' -ik). Pertaining to porcelain teeth. -don-tok' -al-iks. Dental cement. don to chirurgical (o-don-to-hi-rur'-jih-al). Pertaining to dental surgery. don toc las is. The breaking of a tooth, don to clast (p-don' -toklast). A multinuclear protoplasmic cell engaged in the proce of absorbing the fang of a deciduous tooth. Numbers of these cells exist between the milk-tooth and the permanent tooth. dontocnesis o-don-tok-ne'-sis. A painful itching sensation in the gums, dontodesmium (p-don-to-dez' -me-um). A ligament described as holding the teeth in their sockets. tumor. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an odontoma.