Journal of Dental Research, Vol 62, 969-974, Copyright © 1983 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals
A microradiographic and chemical comparison of in vitro systems for the simulation of incipient caries in abraded bovine enamel
E. I. Pearce
An acetate buffer system, supersaturated with fluorapatite but not with
hydroxyapatite, produced lesions in abraded bovine enamel which resembled
human enamel caries lesions, both morphologically and in their F
distribution. A gelatin-lactate system gave similar results when unpurified
gelatin was used. Systems containing deionized gelatin, diphosphonate, or
Ca and phosphate but no F, failed to produce caries-like lesions.