The mineral content of decalcified surface enamel. A combined microprobe quantitative microradiography study

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Groeneveld, A.

Jongebloed, W.

Arends, J.
In a combined microprobe-microradiography experiment the calcium concentration and the mineral content has been measured in sound, decalcified and in decalcified SnF2-treated enamel. The calcium content was estimated by the microprobe along the densitometric path of the radiography experiment. The results suggest the possibility that in the decalcified area a considerable amount (about 10–14 wt%) of the mineral is present either as precipitated ortho-phosphates or is adsorbed as Ca++ and HPO4 = ions. Only a few wt% of calcium is lost from lesion and surface layer. In enamel treated with stannous fluoride demineralization was less than in untreated specimens.
Chemicals/CAS: fluoride, 16984-48-8; Calcium, 7440-70-2; Fluorides, Topical; Hydroxyapatites; Minerals; Tin, 7440-31-5
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fluoridedecalcificationenamelmethodologymicroradiographymineral contentmineralizationtheoretical studyCalciumDecalcification TechniqueDental EnamelElectron Probe MicroanalysisFluorides, TopicalHumanHydroxyapatitesMicroradiographyMineralsTin
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280778
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00086568
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Caries Research, 8(3), pp. 267-274.
Pages
267-274
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