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Crown
Enamel
Root
Nerves
Bone
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Parts of a Tooth arts of a Tooth
The outside of a tooth—the part Good to Know
you see—is the crowncrown. It is covered
by enamelenamel. This cover is harder than Sometimes, you bite into
bone. Enamel protects the inside of something very cold or very
your teeth. It covers the soft parts hot. The nerves in your tooth
and the roots. Like trees, teeth have let your brain know. Ouch!
roots. Roots keep your teeth in
place in your mouth.
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