| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Mechanics and Physiological Adaptation of Hard and Soft Biomaterials and Biological Tissues
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| Presentation Title |
Tooth enamel mineralization before and after tooth eruption |
| Author(s) |
Felicitas Bidlack, Hakan Karaaslan, Rhys Kattinanon, Jeremy Elias |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Felicitas Bidlack |
| Abstract Scope |
The unique material properties of tooth enamel result from its composition as much as from the hierarchical structural organization, including the interface it forms with the underlying dentin core. Tooth size, enamel thickness, and tooth formation times vary vastly between species, but the process of enamel mineralization occurs always in stages: the secretion of a protein-rich mineralizing matrix followed by a maturation stage with protein removal, crystal growth, and enamel hardening. Enamel maturation is mostly completed before tooth eruption in slowly-forming human teeth and posteruptive maturation has been considered a slow and long-lasting process. In fast-forming porcine teeth, enamel maturation is incomplete before tooth eruption. We asked: How does porcine enamel mature so quickly after eruption to produce a functional tooth crown? How does during posteruptive mineralization, without enamel forming cells, the protein content decrease in enamel? Can the pace of enamel formation be accelerated and if so, how much? |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Biomaterials, |