title: The resistant dentine shell of teeth suffering from idiopathic external resorption.
abstract: Histological examination of 18 erupted and eight unerupted teeth with idiopathic external resorption demonstrated that the pulp remained protected by a thin layer of dentine approximately 23--308 micrometers wide. There was no significant difference between erupted and unerupted teeth.
mesh_terms: D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003804:Dentin / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014091:Tooth Resorption / Q000473:pathology*; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000473:pathology