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             variation in the degree of calcification and 
homogeneity. 
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Color 
5 
Abnormal conditions of enamel usually 
result in aberrant color. Enamel becomes 
temporary whiter within minutes when 
the tooth is isolated from the moist oral 
environment 
by 
rubber 
dam 
or 
absorbents. Thus, the shade must be 
determined 
before 
isolation 
and 
preparation 
for 
a 
tooth 
- 
colored 
restoration. This change in color explained 
by the temporary loss of loosely bonded 
(or exchangeable) water (less than 1% by 
weight). 
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The dentist must pay close attention to the surface 
characteristics of E. for evidence of pathologic or 
traumatic conditions. 
Key diagnostic signs include: 
 
1. Color changes associated with demineralization. 
2. Cavitation. 
3. Wear.  
4. Faults and fissures. 
5. Cracks 
Clinical Appearance and Diagnosis 
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Clinical Appearance and Diagnosis 
Color changes associated with demineralization 
1 
Color 
changes 
related 
to 
enamel 
demineralization and caries are critical 
diagnostic observations.  
Subsurface enamel porosity from carious 
demineralization is manifested clinically by 
a milky white opacity called (white spot 
lesion); when located on smooth surfaces. 
In 
later 
stages 
of 
caries, 
internal 
demineralization of enamel at the DEJ, 
subsurface cavitation imparts a blue or gray 
color to the overlying enamel. 
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Cavitation 
2 
The dentin is affected until enamel breaks 
away to create a cavity, a restoration must 
then be placed.  
If untreated the cavitation expands to 
compromise the structural strength of the 
crown and microorganisms infiltrate into deep 
dentin to affect the vitality of the tooth.  
When the carious lesion extends gingival to 
CEJ as in root caries, isolation, access, and 
gingival 
tissue 
response 
complicate 
the 
restorative procedure. 
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Wear 
3 
Enamel is as hard as steel. However, 
enamel will wear because of attrition or 
frictional 
contact 
against 
opposing 
enamel or harder restorative materials 
such as porcelain. Heavy occlusal wear 
is demonstrated when rounded cuspal 
contacts are ground to flat facets. 
Depending on factors such as bruxism, 
malocclusion, age, and diet; cusps may be 
completely lost, and enamel abraded away 
so that dentin is exposed. So, cavity outline 
form should be designed so that the margins 
of restorative materials avoid critical high 
stress areas of occlusal contact. 
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Faults and fissures 
4 
A deep fissure is formed by incomplete fusion 
of lobes of cuspal enamel in the developing 
tooth. The resulting narrow clefts provide a 
protected area for acidogenic bacteria.  
Pits and fissures defects are eight times more 
vulnerable to caries than are smooth 
surfaces. Careful observation of enamel 
surrounding 
fissures 
for 
evidence 
of 
demineralization or cavitations’ is necessary to 
determine 
the 
need 
for 
restorative 
intervention. 

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