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Replication of human occlusal tooth attrition surfaces for scanning electron microscopic study
Author(s) -
AKPATA E. S.,
WINTER P. J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1991.tb00030.x
Subject(s) - attrition , dentinal tubule , silicone , replication (statistics) , dentistry , scanning electron microscope , medicine , materials science , dentin , composite material , virology
Summary Silicone negative replicas of dentine islands exposed by occlusal attrition were examined on extracted human teeth using the scanning electron microscope. Because the details of the dentinal tubules were reproducible on the silicone impression, the replication technique was applied in vivo to occlusal attrition to demonstrate patent dentinal tubules in cases with symptomatic exposed dentine islands. Using this replication technique, it should be possible to monitor the effect of the therapeutic management of symptomatic tooth attrition on dentinal tubule closure.