Mammoth Memory

The structure of the tooth.

Every one of the 32 teeth has the same structure. A very hard, white enamel outer shell; a yellowish inner called dentine and the central pulp which is living tissue with a blood supply and nerves.


To remember the structure of the tooth, remember this story:

A graphic to remember the tooth

When the tooth fairy takes a tooth...

Structure of the tooth including enamel, dentine and pulp

Enamel

The gleaming white part of the tooth that you can see is called the enamel. It is the hardest substance in the body.

The white outer shell of the tooth is called the enamel and is the hardest substance in the body

She changes into an animal (enamel)

Dentine

Underneath the layer of enamel lies the yellow dentine. Dentine is harder than bone but not as hard as enamel.

Underneath the enamel is the main structure of the tooth the dentine which is harder than bone but not as hard as enamel

Today this animal happens upon a yellow den for teens (dentine).

Main structure of the tooth which is harder than bone but softer than enamel

Pulp

The living centre of the tooth is called the pulp.

Pulp is the living center of a tooth

The animal tears the teens’ den and pulp fiction into pulp.

Pulp is a living tissue inside the dentine that is connected to the blood stream and nerves

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