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Micromorphological Features of Human Dental Enamel

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Dental Anthropology

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Dental enamel is the hardest tissue produced by the human body. For this reason teeth are usually well preserved in fossil and prehistoric material. Enamel consists of 95% inorganic substance (calcium and phosphate in the form of hydroxyapatite), only 1% organic substance and ca. 4% water, and is the product of secretory cells (ameloblasts). Its structure can only be understood when the developmental processes active during tooth development are described.

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  1. Ralf J. Radlanski
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  1. Department of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany

    Kurt W. Alt

  2. Department of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

    Friedrich W. Rösing

  3. Department of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Maria Teschler-Nicola

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Radlanski, R.J. (1998). Micromorphological Features of Human Dental Enamel. In: Alt, K.W., Rösing, F.W., Teschler-Nicola, M. (eds) Dental Anthropology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7496-8_8

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