Relationship between nanohardness and mineral content of artificial carious enamel lesions

Caries Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Buchalla, W ^a   Imfeld, T ^a   Attin, T ^a   Swain, M V ^b   Schmidlin, P R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caries; Enamel; Hardness; Mineral content; Nanoindentation; Transversal microradiography

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; HARDNESS; METABOLISM; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS;

EID: 43949129796     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000128559     Document Type: Article

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