Gina McFarlane, Carolina Loch, Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Priscilla Bayle, Mona Le Luyer, Nina Sabel, Alessia Nava, Bruce Floyd, Mark Skinner, Sophie White, Rosie Pitfield, Patrick Mahoney
OBJECTIVE: To investigate and describe the variation in enamel daily secretion rates (DSRs) of naturally exfoliated deciduous molars (n = 345) from five modern-day populations (Aotearoa New Zealand, Britain, Canada, France, and Sweden). DESIGN: Each tooth was thin sectioned and examined using a high-powered Olympus BX51 microscope and DP25 digital microscope camera. Mean DSRs were recorded for the inner, mid, and outer regions of cuspal and lateral enamel, excluding enamel nearest the enamel-dentin junction and at the outermost crown surface...
December 2021: Archives of Oral Biology