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Title

IMS I--enamel lecture

Description

lecture 1 reading

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Subject

Health Care

Level

Professional

Created

08/23/2007

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Term

enamel crystals made of:

Definition

Calcium, phosphate, hydroxyl ions (calcium hydroxyapatite)

Term

percent of enamel by weight that is mineralized

Definition

96%

Term

Chemical formula of enamel

Definition

(Ca)10(PO4)6(OH)2

Term

dental enamel formation is under _____ control

Definition

genetic

Term

Why calcium HAP survives solvation while Na and Cl cant:

Definition

ions are more densely packed in Ca Hydroxyapatite