Chemistry of Carious Enamel and Dentin

Manley, R.S. , and Deakins, M.L. Changes in the Volume Per Cent of Moisture, Organic and Inorganic Material in Dental Caries, J. dent. Res., 19:165, 1940.

Atkinson, H.F. , and Matthews, E. An Investigation into the Organic Components of the Human Tooth, Brit. dent. J., 86:167, 1949.

Evans, D.G. , and Prophet, A.S. Disintegration of Human Dentine by Bacterial Enzymes, Lancet , 1:290, 1950.

Atkinson, H.F. , and Prophet, A.S. The Action of Collagenase on Carious Dentine , Brit. dent. J., 94:278, 1953.

Armstrong, W.G. Further Studies on the Action of Collagenase on Sound and Carious Human Dentin, J. dent. Res., 37:1001, 1958.

Armstrong, W.G. A Quantitative Comparison of the Amino Acid Composition of Sound Dentine, Carious Dentine and the Collagenase Resistant Fraction of Carious Dentine, Arch. oral Biol., 5:115, 1961.

-. Unpublished data.

-. An Investigation into the Collagenase Resistance of Carious Dentin, J. dent. Res., 38:1217, 1959.

-. Modification of the Organic Matrix of Sound Dentin to Collagenase-resistant Forms, ibid., 37:1016,1958.

Engel, M.B. The Softening and Solution of the Dentine in Caries, J. Amer. dent. Ass., 40 :284, 1950.

Armstrong, W.G. Carbohydrate Material in Carious Dentine, Arch. oral Biol., 2:69, 1960.

-. Reaction in Vitro of Sound Dentine with Glucose, Glucosamine and Carbohydrate Fermentation and Degradation Products, ibid. , 5:179, 1961.

-. Fluorescence Characteristics of Sound and Carious Human Dentine Preparations, ibid., (in press).

-. The Presence of UV Absorbing Material and Its Relation to Fluorescence "Quenching" Effects in Carious Dentine, ibid.

Grossmann, L. I. pH of Carious and Non-carious Dentin, J. dent. Res., 19:171, 1940.

Macgregor, A.B. Acid Production and the Carious Process, J. dent. Res., 38:1055, 1959.

Miller, B.P. , and Muntz, J.A. Estimations of Ultra Micro Quantities of Lactic Acid, J. biol. Chem., 126:413, 1938.

Armstrong, W.G. , and Atkinson , H.F. Investigations into the Acidic Components of Carious Dentine, Brit. dent. J., 95:8, 1953.

Blake, G.C. An Experimental Investigation into the Permeability of Enamel and Dentine with Reference to Its Relation to Dental Caries, Proc. roy. Soc. Med., 51:678, 1958.

Darling, A.I. The Pathology and Prevention of Caries, Brit. dent. J., 107:287, 1959.

Darling, A.I. , Mortimer, K.V. , Poole , D.F.G. , and Ollis, W.D. Molecular Sieve Behaviour of Normal and Carious Human Dental Enamel. Arch. oral Biol., 5:251, 1961.

Coolidge, T.B. , and Jacobs, M.H. Enamel Carbonate in Caries, J. dent. Res., 36:765, 1957.

Sobel, A.E. Interrelationship of Tooth Composition, Body Fluids, Diet and Caries Susceptibility, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. , 85:96, 1960.

Jenkins, G.N. The Biochemical Background to the Action of Fluoride in Dental Caries, Lectures on the Scientific Basis of Medicine, VIII:442, 1958/59.

Stack, M.V. The Organic Content of Chalky Enamel, Brit. dent. J., 96:73, 1954.

-. The Carbohydrate Content of Human Dental Enamel, J. dent. Res., 36:325, 1957.

Hess, W.L. , and Lee, L. The Amino Acid Composition of Proteins Isolated from the Healthy Enamel and Dentin of Carious Teeth, J. dent. Res., 33:62, 1954.

Atkinson, H.F. Investigation into the Permeability of Human Enamel Using Osmotic Methods, Brit. dent. J., 83:205, 1947.

Fosdick, L.S. Theoretical Considerations of Certain Phases of the Caries Problem. Northwestern Univ. Bull., XLIX:4, 1949.