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Variations in Dental Calculi Composition and Structure

Veterans Administration Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Edward Korostoff

Veterans Administration Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

D. Walter Cohen

Veterans Administration Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Sol Orlean

Veterans Administration Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Chemical and crystallographic analysis of random samples of dental calculi and dentin obtained from 19 patients showed structural identity or close similarity to the "octa-phosphate" hydroxyapatite crystalline pattern. The organic and inorganic content and composition of the dental calculi were similar.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 48, No. 6, 1216-1218 (1969)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345690480062101


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