Assertion: enamel | /r/HasProperty | translucent
Facets:
value: as a protective coating
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Because enamel is translucent, you can see light through it.
text: Enamel is an opaque or a semitransparent substance applied to metallic or otherwise hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating.
text: While tooth enamel is actually translucent, teeth start to look more yellow as it wears away, because the yellow dentin underneath begins to show through.
text: Enamel is an opaque or a semitransparent substance applied to metallic or otherwise hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating.
text: In fact, enamel is translucent, so the color of your teeth comes from the main tooth layer just below it called the dentin.
text: Enamel is translucent, so you can see light through it.
text: It is thin, translucent and the hardest tissue in the body.