Pink tooth of Mummery
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A pink tooth of Mummery, named after British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 biologist
Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...

 James Howard Mummery
James Howard Mummery
John Howard Mummery, CBE, FRCS was a British dentist and microscopist.He was the son of John Rigden Mummery, a dentist, qualified MRCS in 1870 and as a dentist in 1873...

, is a tooth exhibiting a pinkish hue as a result of hematologic
Blood
Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....

 staining of the dentin
Dentin
Dentine is a calcified tissue of the body, and along with enamel, cementum, and pulp is one of the four major components of teeth. Usually, it is covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on the root and surrounds the entire pulp...

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