Cementum formed during hypercementosis is different from the cementum lining the root because this newly formed product can continue to grow and add on to itself.
A) Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
B) Both the statement and the reason are correct but are NOT related.
C) The statement is correct,but the reason is NOT correct.
D) The statement is NOT correct,but the reason is correct.
E) NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct.

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Hypercementosis is a process of extreme overproduction of cementum.Occurring at the apical third of the root,this new product is quite different from the more typical cementum lining the surface of the root.The primary difference is that cementum formed during hypercementoma can continue to grow.Also pertinent,it is called cellular cementum because it traps cementoblasts,the cells that form cementum.

Cementum Formed During Hypercementosis Is Different from the Cementum Lining