| 1. | It is covered with cementum ( pronounced see MEN tum ).
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| 2. | The cells of cementum are the entrapped cementoblasts, the cementocytes.
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| 3. | Dentin is the substance between enamel or cementum and the pulp chamber.
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| 4. | The cementum is light yellow and slightly lighter in color than dentin.
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| 5. | Acellular cementum contains a secreted matrix of proteins and fibers.
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| 6. | The cementoblasts forming cellular cementum become trapped in the cementum they produce.
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| 7. | The cementoblasts forming cellular cementum become trapped in the cementum they produce.
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| 8. | Wear-resistant, they were held together with cementum and dentin.
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| 9. | Cementum grows slowly, by surface apposition, throughout life.
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| 10. | However, cementum is more resistant to resorption than bone.
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