The Teeth and Their Environment
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Muenchen
Language: eng
Format: eBook
Number of pages: 154
Description: Provides a current overview of how physical, chemical and biochemical aspects of the oral environment influence tooth condition. Covers caries, calculus, tooth wear and erosion, and the roles of pellicle saliva and plaque in inducing and/or moderating these conditions. It high-lights such topics as new intra-oral and laboratory methods to assess tooth wear, the latest ideas on de- and re-mineralisation processes involving enamel and dentine, new insights into the tooth structure-function relationship and the site specificity of anticaries treatments.