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J Dent Res 35(5): 749-752, 1956
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A STUDY OF TIN IN ENAMEL

FINN BRUDEVOLD 1 and LUVILLE T. STEADMAN 1

1 Eastman Dental Dispensary and School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y.

1. The amount of tin has been determined in successively ground layers of enamel from groups of unerupted and erupted teeth of different ages.

2. In the enamel of unerupted teeth, tin was found to be present in amounts of 1 ppm or less, and to be evenly distributed in depth.

3. There is no appreciable posteruptive uptake of tin by the external surface of intact teeth. Only 7 ppm of tin was found in the external enamel of intact teeth from persons over 50 years of age. No tin could be detected in the bulk of the enamel of these teeth.

4. The tin content in the enamel of teeth with amalgam restorations was greater than that in the enamel of intact teeth. It is believed that the increased tin content is caused by incorporation of metallic components from amalgam fillings into adjacent enamel.

Submitted on April 5, 1955






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