The effects that oral care products have on lesioned dental hard tissues can be evaluated using Transversal Microradiography (TMR).
This technique allows to measure shifts in mineral content. It uses high resolution x-ray imaging of thin planoparallel sections. The x-rays can be quantified by digitizing the x-ray images using dedicated software (TMR, Inspektor Research Systems, Amsterdam).
References
- Effects of a new titanium fluoride derivative on enamel de- and remineralization. Exterkate RA, Ten Cate JM. Eur J Oral Sci. 2007 Apr;115(2):143-7.
- Reproducibility of TMR for the determination of longitudinal mineral changes in dental hard tissues.Damen JJ, Exterkate RA, ten Cate JM. Adv Dent Res. 1997 Nov;11(4):415-9
More information
Contact Rob Exterkate through R.Exterkate@acta.nl.