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Shed milk tooth, SEM
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the inner surface of a milk tooth that has been shed. Milk teeth, also known as deciduous or primary teeth, are the first set of teeth in the growth and development of humans and other diphyodonts. The dentine, the mineralised connective tissue that forms the bulk of the tooth, has been degraded by odontoclasts, cells that facilitate the process of resorption of milk teeth roots. The picture was created as part of a cooperation with Quintessenz Publishing. Magnification: x1,200 when printed at 15cm wide., by EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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