Fig. 2. Smear layer-covered human coronal dentine.
Smear layer (SL) debris slightly penetrates into the lumen of dentinal tubules to form a smear plug (SP).
Reproduced from Pashley,13 with kind permission from the Finnish Dental Society.
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