Motoki Okamoto, Shohei Yamashita, Takumi Memida, Melanie Mendonca, Susanne Brueckner, Shin Nakamura, Satoru Shindo, Ria Achong-Bowe, Jeffrey Thompson, Xiaozhe Han, Toshihisa Kawai, Maiko Suzuki
The mechanical property, microhardness, is evaluated in dental enamel, dentin, and bone in oral disease models, including dental fluorosis and periodontitis. Micro-CT (µCT) provides 3D imaging information (volume and mineral density) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) produces microstructure images (enamel prism and bone lacuna-canalicular). Complementarily to structural analysis by µCT and SEM, microhardness is one of the informative parameters to evaluate how structural changes alter mechanical properties...
April 26, 2024: Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE