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Although dental pulp has been classified as a loose connective tissue, several unique properties such as the presence of odontoblasts, absence of histamine-releasing mast cells, tissue confinement in a hard cavity with little collateral circulation, and vascular access limited to the root apex are the features that distinguish pulp tissue from other connective tissues (Dummett and Kopel 2002).
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Yildirim, S. (2013). Dental Pulp Is a Connective Tissue. In: Dental Pulp Stem Cells. SpringerBriefs in Stem Cells. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5687-2_3
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