High resolution electron microscopy of enamel crystals in cases of human dental fluorosis

• Published in: Journal of electron microscopy Vol. 38; no. 6; p. 441
• Main Authors: Yanagisawa, T, Takuma, S, Tohda, H, Fejerskov, O, Fearnhead, R W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan 1989
• Subjects: Adult; Crystallization; Dental Enamel - ultrastructure; Fluorosis, Dental - pathology; Humans; Microscopy, Electron

Surface enamel from human subjects with dental fluorosis was studied by means of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Immediately below the relatively highly mineralized outermost surface enamel layer was an extensive hypomineralized area. The highly mineralized layer was composed of ma...