Variations in Dental Enamel Crystallites and Micro-Structure

Journal of Oral Biosciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Sakae, Toshiro ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biological apatite; carbonate; chemical composition; crystal structure; dental enamel; ionic substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009625486     PISSN: 13490079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2330/joralbiosci.48.85     Document Type: Article

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