Comprehensive measurements of salivary pellicle thickness formed at different intraoral sites on Si wafers and bovine enamel

• Published in: Colloids and surfaces, B, Biointerfaces Vol. 174; pp. 246 - 251
• Main Authors: Güth-Thiel, Sabine, Kraus-Kuleszka, Ines, Mantz, Hubert, Hoth-Hannig, Wiebke, Hähl, Hendrik, Dudek, Johanna, Jacobs, Karin, Hannig, Matthias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2019
• Subjects: adsorption; Adult; Animals; Cattle; colloids; Dental Enamel - chemistry; Dental Pellicle - chemistry; Ellipsometry; enamel; Female; Humans; In situ; Kinetics; Male; oral health; Saliva - chemistry; Salivary pellicle; silicon; Silicon Compounds - chemistry; therapeutics; Thickness; Transmission electron microscopy; wafers; Thickness; Transmission electron microscopy; Salivary pellicle; Kinetics; In situ; Ellipsometry

[Display omitted] •First systematic examination of the in situ pellicle thickness.•Ellipsometry is a powerful method for measurements of pellicle thickness.•A physiologically important rapid initial pellicle formation stage was detected.•Inter-individual and formation kinetics differences were found...