They may lie with their optic axes parallel with the original direction of the collagen fibres, parallel with the dentine tubules, or they may be ‘spheritically’ orientated.

Antibodies and other components of the body’s defence mechanism could assist defence against caries if they could diffuse from pulp into dentinal tubules. Calcium and other ions must penetrate dentine ...

Further these models allow occlusion of dentine tubules to be assessed in order to reduce the pain of dentine hypersensitivity experienced by at least 15% of the population worldwide. Other areas of ...