A study of the ultrastructure and staining characteristics of the 'dental star' of equine incisors

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 230-234

  Muylle, S ^a   Simoens, P ^a   Lauwers, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental star; Dentine; Horse; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL STAR; DENTIN; INCISOR; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANIMALS; DENTIN; HORSES; INCISOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0036560894     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776186038     Document Type: Article

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