ISSN:
1741-2358
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Replicas of unerupted and erupted human enamel submitted to protein-disrupting solutions showed: (1) an inequal distribution of porosities in the subsurface; (2) such porosities were restricted gradually in each enamel subunit (enamel segments limited by two perikymata). First the whole surface was covered by a network, reduced at a later stage to half of the surface and ultimately the porosities were present only in the perikymata. This paper confirms the occurrence of a late maturation at stage where cells are no longer active and details the time-dependent involution of these porosities.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2358.1984.tb00419.x
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