Abstract
Many researchers use extracted human teeth to evaluate the adhesive strength of restorative materials. Attachment to tooth hard tissues in the oral cavity is a complex and difficult problem that has challenged investigators. An important step in dealing with this problem is a thorough characterization of the substrate. Extracted human teeth are, however, becoming increasingly difficult to obtain due to recent progress in conservative dental treatment. Other mammalian teeth, such as bovine teeth have been tested. Although slightly different in composition and structure, bovine teeth have been used as substitute for human teeth and their use has been documented in different papers. While using such teeth does not lead to results that are identical with those obtained when the enamel and dentin of human teeth is used, they do produce results that are comparable and certainly useful in evaluating the influence of various methods of enamel and dentin treatment.In order to find a substitute for human teeth in laboratory studies, surface characterization of enamel and dentin from bovine and pig teeth were compared using the SEM to human teeth.
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