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Record Nr.

UNINA9911018936503321

Titolo

Dental enamel / / [editors: Derek Chadwick and Gail Cardew]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1997

ISBN

9786612122477

9781282122475

1282122479

9780470515303

0470515309

9780470515327

0470515325

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 205

Altri autori (Persone)

ChadwickDerek

CardewGail

Disciplina

611/.314

Soggetti

Dental enamel - Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of the Symposium on Dental Enamel, held at Ciba Foundation on 23-25 Apr. 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

DENTAL ENAMEL; Contents; Participants; Introduction; Tooth morphogenesis and the differentiation of ameloblasts; Microstructure of enamel; Structure and function of secretory ameloblasts in enamel formation; General discussion I; Structure, crystal chemistry and density of enamel apatites; Molecular strategies of tooth enamel formation are highly conserved during vertebrate evolution; The protein composition of normal developmentally defective enamel and; Extracellular matrix proteins of dentine; Amelogenin proteins of developing dental enamel

Tuftelin: enamel mineralization and amelogenesis imperfectaEnamel maturation; Inherited enamel defects; Regulation of amelogenin gene expression; Molecular biology of hereditary enamel defects; General discussion I1; Environmental causes of enamel defects; Determinants and mechanisms of enamel fluorosis; The role of enamel matrix proteins in the development of cementum and periodontal tissues; The biomimetics of enamel: a paradigm for organized biomaterials synthesis; Index of contributors; Subject index



Sommario/riassunto

The molecular mechanisms and protein species associated with the mineralization of mature dental enamel are active areas of research. This book focuses on specific areas of research including the structural chemistry, protein biochemistry and genetics of enamel development.