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| | Tooth enamel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Enamel can be affected further by non-pathologic processes. | | | Similar to human teeth, the enamel of dogs is vulnerable to tetracycline staining. | | | For the most part, research has shown that enamel does not vary consistently between humans and nonhumans. |
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| | Look, no cavities ! |
| | This pain, and all the other complications that it may lead to, are avoidable. | | | This can be extremely painful, as most of us have experienced. | | | When decay has reached the nerve: Serve pain is the usual complaint. |
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| | Tooth decay |
| | As the child grows, he or she will learn to handle the toothbrush, but parents should control the application of toothpaste and do the followup brushing until the child is about seven years old. | | | Older patients should be made aware that some prescription medications may decrease salivary flow. | | | If the problem is caught early, the teeth involved can be treated with fluoride, followed by changes in the infant's feeding habits and better oral hygiene. |
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| | Fluoride Destroys Tooth Enamel: Chemistry Prof - Health Supreme |
| | The very mention of the procedure, which involves transferring flesh from the roof of the mouth to the excised area of the gums, is a heinous and useless procedure which ought to pass into oblivion. | | | According to a recently released Chinese study, there is a clear relation between fluoride levels in the water that is consumed by a population and low Intelligence quotient scores of children who do the consuming. | | | Billions of human and animal remains show teeth and bones are resistant to earth-bound organisms. |
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http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/02/15/fluoride_destroys_tooth_enamel_chemistry_prof.htm
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| | HSC dental researchers close to synthesizing tooth enamel |
| | The amelogenins self-assemble to form the extracellular matrix within which the inorganic crystals of mineral start to form. | | | "Beyond that, the same principles that nature uses to make enamel might also be applied to create novel synthetic materials," Fincham says. | | | Called nanospheres because they are only 20 nanometers in diameter, these structures are formed by a naturally occurring family of tooth-specific proteins known as amelogenins. |
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| | University of Michigan |
| | For example, if someone is in an accident and has a bone damaged beyond what the body can naturally repair, adding synthetic crystals could help heal it. | | | "He pointed to the picture and said, 'what do these look like to you?' And I said, 'they look like enamel crystals.' He said, 'I can make that in the lab.'" | | | "Enamel is the hardest substance in the body," Clarkson said. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Tooth abscess |
| | Over-the-counter pain relievers may relieve the toothache and fever. | | | Calling your health care provider Return to top | | | The patient will feel pain when the dentist taps the tooth. |
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| | Sports drinks cited in tooth-enamel wear |
| | There haven't been a lot of previous studies on the subject. | | | But Von Fraunhofer has a different take for athletes: "I'm not suggesting that athletes give up their sports drinks." | | | The researchers say that their study may be criticized for the long exposure time and small sample size. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/02/28/sections/health_family/fitness/article_418666.php
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| | Dinosaur Tooth Enamel: A Key To Investigating Ancient Climate On Land |
| | By its nature, climate research utilizing oxygen in tooth enamel is intimately associated with the animals themselves, where they lived, what they ate, and how their bodies functioned. | | | The Carnegie Institution is a nonprofit organization dedicated to research and education in the physical and biological sciences. | | | This research was funded by NSF, and follows earlier work by Fricke that relied on the analysis of mammalian tooth enamel to study global climate change ~55 million years ago. |
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| | Tooth Decay |
| | Tooth Pain Guide: click on "For The Patient" and than on "Tooth Pain Guide". | | | Few people view decay for what it is - a chronic infectious disease. | | | Tooth decay is the disease that is not life threatening and the good news is that it is preventable! |
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| | Science News: Something to chew on: hard facts about tooth enamel |
| | Investigators have made several attempts to grow enamel from the cell that make it within the gums, but "nobody has really demonstrated true enamel," says Pamela Robey of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in Bethesda, Md. | | | This protective ceramic-like veneer, thick as a dime, is the strongest material in the human body. | | | Dental materials gone bad are a common clinical problem. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_20_167/ai_n13806539
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| | Structure of teeth |
| | We see that enamel is as stiff and as hard as titanium. | | | Description and pictures of human tooth structure can be found in many locations,.for example | | | Teeth have a very complex structure (but then, try to name a simple biological system). |
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http://www.mse.cornell.edu/courses/engri119/Class_Notes/structure_of_teeth.html
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| | ScienceDaily: Competing Proteins Influence Strength Of Tooth Enamel |
| | The researchers conducted animal studies in which either DSP or DPP were over-expressed in forming enamel during the period of tooth development. | | | Tooth -- Teethâ”singular toothâ”are hard structures found in the jaws of many vertebrates. | | | In a medical breakthrough, doctors say they can grow human bladders from patient tissue samples. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050906074406.htm
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| | How does super-hard tooth enamel emerge from soft, organic gum tissue? |
| | The work was done in vitro, but studies of the literature turned up observations of similar structures in vivo, including a report of "beaded rows" of amelogenin nanospheres alongside developing crystals in enamel. | | | Growing artificial enamel is a decades-old goal among researchers in dental science and, more generally, in the medical-device community. | | | Medical-device developers are constantly searching for durable natural materials to use in place of titanium and plastic parts. |
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=20951&nfid=rssfeeds
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| | Evidence of nuclear tests found in tooth enamel - More Health News - MSNBC.com |
| | The researchers, who reported their findings in the science journal Nature, said using the technique is no more difficult than doing a blood test. | | | Frisen, a cell biologist, and his colleagues were studying the age of cells in the body when they realized carbon-dating tooth enamel could help forensic scientists. | | | Jonas Frisen, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, who developed the method, said it has already been used to help identify people who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami last year. |
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| | American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry - AAPD Publications |
| | If your child suffers from severe enamel fluorosis, your pediatric dentist can tell you about dental techniques that enhance your child's smile and self-confidence. | | | A: A child may face the condition called enamel fluorosis if he or she gets too much fluoride during the years of tooth development. | | | But the appearance of teeth affected by fluorosis can be greatly improved by a variety of treatments in esthetic dentistry. |
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| | Antibiotic Linked to Incomplete Development of Tooth Enamel - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today |
| | But, they noted in the October issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, the study has several limitations -- including a relative lack of children not treated with the antibiotic -- and requires further research before it can be considered conclusive. | | | IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 3 â“ One of the most widely used pediatric antibiotics, Amoxil (amoxicillin), may interfere with the complete development of tooth enamel, researchers here say. | | | The findings were based on a longitudinal study of the effects of fluoride on tooth development, and they âhighlight the need to use antibiotics judiciously, particularly during infancy,â reported Liang Hong, DDS, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Iowa. |
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| | New Scientist Breaking News - Synthetic enamel offers painless fillings |
| | Synthetic tooth enamel can seal tiny cavities without the pain, and with less damage to the patient's teeth. | | | The strongly acidic mix required to promote crystal growth would be painful if it touched the gums. | | | Early on, these lesions are too small for fillers such as resins to stick properly, so dentists have to drill bigger holes that destroy some healthy parts of the tooth. |
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| | Recontouring of the Teeth |
| | It is a quick and painless procedure whose results can be seen immediately. | | | Recontouring is not a substitute for veneers or bonding; however, it is often used in combination with these procedures. | | | For additional written health information, please contact the Health Information Center at the Cleveland Clinic (216) 444-3771 or toll-free (800) 223-2273 extension 43771 or visit www.clevelandclinic.org/health/. |
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| | Olympus MIC-D: Darkfield Gallery - Pig Tooth Enamel Formation |
| | Baby pigs undergo the painful process of teething just as human babies suffer. | | | As with humans, pigs feature molars, premolars (or bicuspids), canines, and incisors and similar to most mammals, pigs and humans are diphyodont or develop and erupt two generations of teeth into their jaws. | | | As mammalian omnivores, pig teeth are fairly good models for studying the development and aging of human teeth. |
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| | Common Antibiotic May Affect Tooth Enamel |
| | That doesn't prove that the drug caused those problems. | | | Fluorosis is one of the most common problems in the development of tooth enamel. | | | That's why the researchers call for more studies to see if amoxicillin can cause fluorosis. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Paste could silence dental drill |
| | Writing in Nature, researchers from the FAP Dental Institute in Tokyo said the paste removed the need for drilling. | | | However, the researchers said it was important that the paste did not come into contact with the gums because it could cause inflammation. | | | The paste is made of modified hydroxyapatite, which is chemically similar to the natural tooth enamel. |
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| | What's a Cavity? |
| | Your dentist will carefully examine your teeth and may take X-rays. | | | If you've ever had a toothache or heard an adult complain about one, it may have been because there was a cavity that reached all the way inside a tooth, where the nerve endings are. | | | That's a kind of medicine that will numb the area around the problem tooth while you're getting your new filling. |
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| | Tooth Enamel |
| | Enamel has the highest concentration, for any structure in the body, of mineral at ~90%. | | | Older people may also benefit from the use of tooth sealants. | | | Enamel is translucent (semi-transparent) and ranges in color from yellow to gray-white, with the range of colors due to varying thickness of enamel. |
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| | Neuroscience for Kids - Tooth |
| | However, if the tooth is damaged by decay or trauma, the nerve fibers inside the tooth may respond to external stimuli and when they are, you are sure to feel pain. | | | However, the sensation you feel is NOT the result of activating nerve fibers INSIDE the tooth. | | | The nerve fibers inside teeth are exquisitely sensitive to stimulation when they can be activated. |
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| | Science Project 2002 |
| | The results of the experiment were that coffee caused the most loss, 7up the second most, and Pepsi the third most. | | | The purpose of this experiment was to determine what the loss of tooth enamel on various beverages. | | | The original purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect of various beverages on the loss of tooth enamel. |
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| | Cloning tooth enamel |
| | According to Zeichner-David, a research professor who has worked at CCMB since 1977, this work is pushing the scientific envelope. | | | "It means that we have understood how nature forms the enamel, how the mineralized tissue is formed biologically," she said. | | | All have good uses, but nothing is as good as the natural enamel," said Margarita Zeichner-David, one of a team of USC researchers who for 17 years have been working on a process to artificially manufacture tooth enamel. |
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| | MegMawL - Processes of Fossilization |
| | The enamel is inorganic, extremely hard and crystalline in nature. | | | There are about 13 different processes grouped in two phases (Taphonomic and Diagenetic) that effect the tooth during fossilization, many of them destructive. | | | The enamel forms an attachment to the surrounding matrix that is stronger than it's weakened (cementum) attachment to the underlying (fossilized) dentin and comes away with the matrix when the tooth and matrix are separated. |
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| | Tooth Enamel Restoration Information |
| | Acids occur naturally in many of the foods we eat. | | | Saliva is an essential part of the body’s own natural mechanisms to protect and repair our tooth enamel. | | | The more often we consume them, the greater the amount of calcium and phosphate lost from our tooth enamel and the harder it becomes for saliva to provide the balancing amount or remineralization. |
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| | Bulimia Tooth Decay - Gurze Books |
| | Loss of enamel and unconscious grinding of the teeth, usually during sleep, are the two most common causes of tooth loss. | | | Given time, eating disorders like bulimia may lead to serious dental problems. | | | To reduce the chances of enamel erosion and gum disease for those who have not yet been able to completely stop vomiting, the Eating Disorders Association of Queensland, Australia, advises patients to brush daily with fluoridated toothpaste after each meal, followed by flossing. |
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| | Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News - Tooth Whiteners Weaken Enamel |
| | The treatment has also stripped away some of the tooth so that its microstructure is visible. | | | “I decided to study two parts of the tooth,” she said. | | | Dickinson acknowledged that these results are preliminary and noted that it’s theoretically possible that teeth could remineralize. |
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| | Tooth enamel - definition of Tooth enamel in Encyclopedia |
| | Tooth enamel is denser and chemically more inert than other body tissues, but can be attacked and destroyed by lengthy exposure to acids created in the mouth by eating or drug use (including cocaine). | | | Tooth enamel is the smooth top layer of a tooth which protects the underlying dentine, with its many nerves, from injury and decay. | | | Embed a dictionary search in your own web page |
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| | Enamel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. | | | The word enamel can mean more than one thing: |
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| | Example: Forming Tooth |
| | This is done mainly to protect the dentin, which is much softer than the enamel, and much more subject to attack by bacterial action. | | | You see here a typical forming tooth, in situ. | | | This will result in serious problems; in addition to almost certain loss of the tooth, a really bad infection can spread to the surrounding jaw bone. |
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| | MATERIALS SCIENCE: Enhanced: A Window on Biomineralization -- Veis 307 (5714): 1419 -- Science |
| | The process is an example of matrix-mediated mineralization, and the insights gained in the study should be useful for the development of biomimetic materials. | | | In his Perspective, Veis discusses how organisms may direct the mineral deposition process. | | | Focusing on the formation of tooth dentin and enamel, he highlights the report by Du et al., who show that the initial deposition of the minerals in tooth enamel is directed by a hierarchical self-assembly process involving amelogenin molecules. |
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| | ADA.org: Oral Health Topics: Tooth Eruption Charts |
| | Please note: The ADA does not provide specific answers to individual questions about fees, dental problems, conditions, diagnoses, treatments or proposed treatments, or requests for research. | | | A tooth is composed of four dental tissues: enamel, dentin and cementum, which are hard or calcified, and pulp, which is soft or noncalcified. | | | A system of collagenous connective tissue fibers that connect the root of a tooth to its alveolus. |
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| | The Parts of a Tooth ( healthyteeth.org) |
| | Dental Fact: did you know that the enamel on your teeth is the hardest substance in your body? | | | It's a yellow bone-like material that's softer than enamel and carries some of the nerve fibres that tell you when something is going wrong inside your tooth. | | | The pulp is how the tooth receives nourishment and transmits signals to your brain. |
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| | Tooth Enamel: SEM preparation and interpretation of images |
| | These pages are intended as an information source for scientists who would like easy access to descriptions and images of tooth enamels and for those who wish to make enamel preparations of their own for SEM viewing. | | | We have begun with rodent incisor enamel, a subject with which we are both knowledgeable: | | | Tooth Enamel: SEM preparation and interpretation of images |
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| | Tooth enamel study flawed, say critics |
| | Their study, published in the March issue of General Dentistry, found that the most caustic beverage was KMX Energy Drink, followed closely by Snapple Classic Lemonade, Red Bull Energy Drink, and lemon-lime Gatorade. | | | Some popular flavored sports and energy drinks destroy tooth enamel more effectively than cola drinks and other sodas, and at least one brand of bottled lemonade may be among the most destructive, a study has found. | | | Critics in the beverage industry say that the study used an "elementary and archaic" design, noting that people do not keep liquids in their mouths for days at a time. |
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| | Sodas, Canned Teas Attack Tooth Enamel |
| | Other studies have pointed to soft drinks as being responsible for children's tooth decay and obesity problems. | | | While sugar in soft drinks is at least partially to blame for tooth decay, other factors are also at work, he writes. | | | It is a huge problem, since it has been reported that the average person in the U.S. drinks about 16 ounces of soft drinks daily -- that's about 53 gallons a year, writes von Fraunhofer. |
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| | ClickOnDetroit.com - Kim's Good Health - Study: Energy, Sports Drinks Attack Tooth Enamel |
| | Most soft drinks contain one or more food additives, and such acids cause the tooth enamel to breakdown. | | | But a 2002 study conducted by researchers at The Ohio State University found no relationship between drinking sports drinks and dental erosion. | | | But a new study published in the January-February issue of General Dentistry claims that such drinks could cause irreversible damage to teeth. |
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| | Tooth Enamel - Atlanta Dental Group PC |
| | Some of the light is absorbed and re-emitted, which gives the tooth the qualities of an opal. | | | This is dramatically seen in people with bulimia. | | | The acid dissolves the natural crystal and forms openings into the tooth. |
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| | AGD - Soda Attack |
| | About 27 percent of the beverages consumed by Americans are soft drinks, the study notes. | | | Results from the study, which exposed healthy dental enamel to a variety of popular beverages over a period of 14 days, found that non-colas and canned iced tea were especially harmful. | | | A pilot study of the effects some of these beverages had on enamel, appearing in the July/August 2004 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal, found that over time, exposing dental enamel to carbonated beverages and non-carbonated canned ice tea weakens and permanently destroys enamel. |
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| | Pearlie instant teeth whitening cosmetic from Booth Elliott & Co Ltd |
| | Pearlie is a cost effective alternative to expensive teeth whitening procedures. | | | Pearlie provides a quick way to whiten teeth - teeth whitening when you want it. | | | Click Here for more information about our unique Pearlie teeth whitening product.. |
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| | Tooth Whitening Product – Crest Night Effects Tooth Whitening Kit |
| | Some people may experience tooth sensitivity or gum irritation when using home tooth whitening products - this is temporary and not harmful. | | | Extensive testing has shown the product to be safe when used as directed. | | | Crest Night Effects stays on overnight to whiten while you sleep. |
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| | How to Stop Cavities and Tooth Decay |
| | Normally, acids eating into tooth enamel is not painful. | | | This does cause pain and left untreated the cavity will eventually destroy dentin, pulp and tooth nerve. | | | Flossing reaches the nearly 35 percent of your mouth that your toothbrush can not reach. |
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| | TOOTH ENAMEL MICROSTRUCTURE, Contents |
| | The variability of the enamel at the dentition level. | | | The enamel structure of some fossil and recent whales from the Indian subcontinent. | | | MOSS-SALENTIJN, M. A short review of studies on chemical and physical properties of enamel crystallites. |
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