Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Tomes' fiber Pronunciation:
'tOmz- Function:
noun : any of the fibers extending from the odontoblasts into the alveolar canals
: adentinal fiber called also
Tomes' process Tomes,
Sir John (1815–1895), British dental surgeon. Tomes did much during his career to upgrade the practice ofdentistry, working to establish it as a profession and to ensure the proper education and registration of its practitioners. Between 1849 and 1856 he wrote a series of important papers on bone anddental tissues, and in 1850 he described Tomes' fibers.
