The Effect of Sodium Fluoride Upon the Surface Structure of Powdered Dental Enamel
- 1 December 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 31 (6), 751-755
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345520310060301
Abstract
Electron and X-ray diffraction expts. show that the treatment of powdered dental enamel surfaces results in a direct transformation from an apatite to a CaF2 structure. The rate of the transformation is enhanced very markedly as the pH of the soln. is lowered. The concn. of the F soln. and the time of treatment are also factors involved in the rate of the transformation.Keywords
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