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International Journal of Spectroscopy
Volume 2011, Article ID 236496, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/236496
Research Article

Effect of Artificial Saliva on the Apatite Structure of Eroded Enamel

Xiaojie Wang,1,2 Boriana Mihailova,1 Arndt Klocke,3,4 Stefanie Heidrich,1 and Ulrich Bismayer1

1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
2Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, CH—3010 Bern, Switzerland
3Division of Orthodontics, Department of Orofacial Sciences, The University of California San Francisco, 707 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0438, USA
4Department of Orthodontics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany

Received 25 March 2011; Accepted 2 May 2011

Academic Editor: Sergio Armenta Estrela

Copyright © 2011 Xiaojie Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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