A scanning electron-microscopic study of developing human deciduous enamel on the dependence of the outline of surface pits on the angle of observation

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-115

  Risnes, S ^a   Radlanski, R J ^b   Renz, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amelogenesis; Dental enamel; Human deciduous teeth; Pits; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMELOBLAST; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; EMBRYOLOGY; ENAMEL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINERALIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH FLORA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0344447041     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(97)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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