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Cementum

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The predominant ligament acts to dissipate masticatory forces to the supporting alveolar bone, and its width height, and quality determine tooth mobility.

You can help your teeth to support all the closer the biting forces that you have, or if you get hit or that kind of thing, this periodontal ligament is the one that will help you to make your teeth not get fractured against your bone or hurt itself.

Afibrillar Cementum is formed at the most cervical enamel border following the completion of pre-eruptive enamel maturation, and sometimes also during tooth eruption. It is probably secreted by cementoblasts.

We will call it regeneration, and depending on the type of change, that it has you will have different types of cementum. The surface of the root of your teeth will change with time, and depending on the area it will have a different type of cementum.

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