Gum containing calcium fluoride reinforces enamel subsurface lesions in situ

Y Kitasako1, A Sadr, H Hamba

  • 1Cariology and Operative Dentistry, Department of Restorative Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 5-45 Yushima 1-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8549. kitasako.ope@tmd.ac.jp

Journal of Dental Research
|February 17, 2012
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