Objectives To critically appraise experimental ex vivo research that has focused on
secondary caries, and to offer possible explanations for the seemingly poor correlation to …

The expertise of living organisms to combine a desirable set of mechanical and optical
properties in biological tissues originates from genetically controlled formation of …

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the influence of tooth-surface hydration conditions on
optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. METHODS: Emitted light was coupled in a …

This study aimed to test the hypothesis that organic volume is the main variable for
explaining the optical properties and predictive degree of diffusion of enamel histological …

Background and aim Dental enamel presents marked mechanical properties gradients from
outer to inner enamel, a region lacking component volumes profiles. Tufts, structures of inner …

Objectives Test the hypothesis the type of enamel caries (natural, artificial induced by gel,
and artificial induced by acid solutions) affect the organic volume and the permeability of the …

The ability to infiltrate various molecules and resins into dental enamel is highly desirable in
dentistry, yet transporting materials into dental enamel is limited by the nanometric scale of …

Due to rod-like hydroxyapatite crystal organizations, dental enamel is optically anisotropic,
ie, birefringent. Healthy enamel is known to be intrinsically negatively birefringent. However …

Effects of a fluoride-releasing varnish containing surface reaction-type prereacted glass
ionomer (S-PRG) filler on dentin demineralization were examined using optical coherence …

Aim To test the hypothesis that the water volume more easily available for diffusion (α d) is
the best predictor among all major components of the proportion of pore volume infiltrated by …