Modeling enamel matrix secretion in mammalian teeth.

The most mineralized tissue of the mammalian body is tooth enamel. Especially in species with thick enamel, three-dimensional (3D) tomography data has shown that the distribution of enamel varies across the occlusal surface of the tooth crown. Differences in enamel thickness among species and within...

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Main Authors: Teemu J Häkkinen, S Susanna Sova, Ian J Corfe, Leo Tjäderhane, Antti Hannukainen, Jukka Jernvall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-05-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007058