The influence of the degree of saturation of acidulated buffer solutions in dentin demineralization

  • Kang, Hye-Sil (Department of Conservative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Chan-Young (Department of Conservative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2003.11.01

Abstract

Recently root caries is reported as an increasing oral disease. Many reserchers studied in vivo and in vitro enamel lesions but due to its perticular structure and different chemical composition compared to the enamel, little effort has been made to root caries study. The purpose of this study is to compare and to evaluate the effects of the degree of saturation on the progression of artificial root caries lesion. A total of 8 human premolars without any defects and cracks were selected and were removed cementum and were cleaned with ultrasonic device and pumice without fluoride.(omitted)

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