Dental enamel birefringence for a wide mineral content range and for different immersion media's refractive indexes: An improved mathematical interpretation

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-75

  Sousa, F B ^a   Vianna, S S ^b   Santos Magalhaes N S ^b  

^a Centro de Ciencias da Saude   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Dental enamel; Mineral; Model; Organic matter; Water

Indexed keywords

ENAMELS; MINERALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CLASSICAL MODELING; DENTAL ENAMELS; HUMAN DENTAL ENAMEL; HUMAN ENAMEL; IMMERSION MEDIUM; MINERAL CONTENT; MINERAL PHASIS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES;

BIREFRINGENCE;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; ENAMEL; IMMERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 58449103304     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.03098.x     Document Type: Article

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