Enamel, the shiny material covering the teeth of vertebrates is the hardest tissue the vertebrate body can produce and one of the most impressive products of bi

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The molecular mechanisms and protein species associated with the mineralization of mature dental enamel are active areas of research. This book focuses on speci

In this field there has been an explosion of information generated by scientific research. One of the beneficiaries of this has been the study of morphology, wh

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "150 color images with legends, 472 book figures with legends, 438 multiple choice test questions, and 119 interactive drag-and