ISSN:
1600-0714
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
The ultrastructural organization and chemical components of enamel crystallites in two deciduous teeth affected by RO, an uncommon developmental condition giving the tooth a ghost-like appearance, were investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron probe microanalysis and Fourier transform improved microspectroscopy. Pathologic mineralizations involving prismatic structures, which affected the size, shape and stoichiometric structure of crystallites and led to enhanced Mg/Ca and Na/Ca ratios and crystal defects, were observed. Local circulatory disorders may have caused this developmental anomaly.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0714.1998.tb01920.x
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