Enamel pearls: the ultrastructural aspects and morphogenesis hypotheses

L Fonzi; M Belli; A Gasparoni; L Capezzuoli; S Carboncini

Journal article

Enamel pearls: the ultrastructural aspects and morphogenesis hypotheses

L Fonzi, M Belli, A Gasparoni, L Capezzuoli and S Carboncini

Bulletin du Groupement international pour la recherche scientifique en stomatologie & odontologie, Vol.35(3-4), pp.85-92

09/01/1992

PMID: 1297474

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Abstract

Five enamel pearls were examined by scanning electron microscope. Some external pearls presented a bare enamel surface, others were covered by a thin layer of cementum. The enamel pearls showed irregular dystrophic enamel surface or a thin layer without structure, rows of irregular Tome's processes pits, enamel caps and focal holes. Some enamel pearls revealed little areas of enamel surface resorption like-resorbing lacunae with, in some cases, areas of tissue repair.

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Title: Subtitle: Enamel pearls: the ultrastructural aspects and morphogenesis hypotheses
Creators: L Fonzi
M Belli
A Gasparoni
L Capezzuoli
S Carboncini
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Bulletin du Groupement international pour la recherche scientifique en stomatologie & odontologie, Vol.35(3-4), pp.85-92
PMID: 1297474
ISSN: 0250-4693
Language: French
Date published: 09/01/1992
Academic Unit: Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; Dental Clinic Administration
Record Identifier: 9984367638202771

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