##  [Dental Pulp](/dental-pulp) 

  ##  [Dental Pulp](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/dental-pulp-0) 

  

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Definition

The vascularized and innervated connective tissue occupying the pulp chamber and root canals of a tooth; responsible for nutrition, sensory perception, immunologic defense and the formation of secondary and reparative dentin.