Publication: Age-related changes in hardness and modulus of elasticity of dentine
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2006-06-01
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00039969
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Mahidol University
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Archives of Oral Biology. Vol.51, No.6 (2006), 457-463
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Pisol Senawongse, Masayuki Otsuki, Junji Tagami, Ivar Mjör Age-related changes in hardness and modulus of elasticity of dentine. Archives of Oral Biology. Vol.51, No.6 (2006), 457-463. doi:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2005.11.006 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/23033
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Age-related changes in hardness and modulus of elasticity of dentine
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Objectives: Little knowledge has been clarified about the relationship between the morphological and physical changes of dentine during aging. The purpose of this study was to clarify the modulus of elasticity and hardness related to the morphological changes of dentine by aging using a transmitted light microscope (TLM) and a nano-hardness tester (NHT). Methods: Aged human molars and young third molars were used. The dentine morphology was observed under a TLM. The hardness and Young's modulus of elasticity related to the morphologic study were evaluated with an NHT. Results: The thickness of mantle dentine and globular dentine of aged teeth were less than that of young teeth. Transparent dentine was observed only underneath the attrition of young teeth. Reactionary tertiary dentine formed and a "dark zone" was found at the junction between physiologic secondary and reactionary dentine only in aged teeth. At the mantle dentine, hardness and modulus of elasticity of aged dentine were higher than those of young dentine. The reactionary dentine in aged teeth and newly developed secondary dentine in young teeth demonstrated lower modulus of elasticity and hardness than those of other circumpulpal dentine. Relatively low modulus of elasticity and hardness were observed at the zone between secondary and reactionary dentine. Conclusions: Changes in dentine due to aging resulted in transformation of morphological features causing changes to their hardness and modulus of elasticity at the explicit areas such as the increase of hardness and modulus of elasticity at mantle dentin and the reduction of these properties at the "dark zone" that found in aged teeth. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.