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Tensile Strength of Mineralized/Demineralized Human Normal and Carious Dentin

¹ Department of Operative Dentistry, Study of Biofunctional Recovery and Reconstruction, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Okayama 700-8525, Japan;
² Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China;
³ Department of Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-1129, USA; and
⁴ Office of Biostatistics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA;

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure. Schematic illustrating how caries lesions were excavated to the level of caries-affected dentin, how vertical serial sections were made, how all but the test dentin was ground away in two different directions on adjacent slabs to permit tensile testing parallel () or () perpendicular to tubule long axis.