n :  any of the fibers extending from the odontoblasts into the alveolar canals  :  a dentinal fiber - called also Tomes' process 
 
Tomes, Sir John (1815-1895), British dental surgeon. Tomes did much during his career to upgrade the practice of dentistry, 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 and dental tissues, and in 1850 he described Tomes' fibers.
 
 
 
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