Pits and fissures: Etch resistance in prismless enamel walls

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 258-262

  Burrow, M F ^a   Burrow, J F ^b   Makinson, O F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fissure morphology; Fissure sealants; Prismless layer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL ACID ETCHING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PELLICLE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH CALCULUS; WETTABILITY;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; DENTAL DEPOSITS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL PELLICLE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0035756241     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2001.tb00289.x     Document Type: Article

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