Scanning electron microscopy of the substructure of smear layers in human dentine.
Smear-layer debris was sonicated from dentine surfaces and trapped on microfilters for microscopy, which showed that the layers are composed, in part, of aggregates of globular subunits approx. 0.05-0.1 micron in diameter. Such globules were also seen in smear layers in situ and on fractured dentine surfaces. The composition of smear layers may reflect the substructure of dentine matrix.
Pashley
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DH
Department of Oral Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.
Tao
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Boyd
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King
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Horner
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JA
D000328:Adult; D003804:Dentin / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning