pulp chamber

noun

Dentistry.

1. the crown portion of the pulp cavity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pulp chamber¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The tool that dug into my rearmost molar’s pulp chamber shook my jaw with a percussive chug.

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The bacteria, after it had entered the bloodstream and likely killed the host, circulated into the pulp chamber of teeth, which kept its DNA insulated from millennia of environmental wear and tear.

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"We could clearly find preserved DNA signatures in the DNA extract we made from the pulp chamber and from that we were able to determine that Yersinia pestis was circulating in that individual at the time of death," she said.

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High-resolution 3D imaging of the tooth revealed an area of exposed dentine as well as a vertical crack extending down to the pulp chamber.

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Early on, Gorjanovi-Kramberger took an interest in the teeth from Krapina, noting anomalies such as taurodontism, in which the pulp chamber expands into the roots.

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