The wall that overlies the pulp is the ____________.

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The wall that overlies the pulp is referred to as the floor, as it is the portion of the tooth anatomy that is closest to the underlying pulpal tissue. Choice A, "wall," is too broad and could refer to any of the tooth's four walls (buccal, lingual, mesial, or distal). Choices C and D, "line angle" and "point angle," respectively, refer to the locations where two or more walls of the tooth meet, but do not specifically denote the wall that overlies the pulp.

The Wall That Overlies the Pulp Is the ____________