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  • Title: Relationship between enamel formation and eruption rate in rat mandibular incisors.
    Author: Robinson C, Kirkham J, Nutman CA.
    Journal: Cell Tissue Res; 1988; 254(3):655-8. PubMed ID: 3233657.
    Abstract:
    The relationship between the formation of dental enamel and tooth eruption was investigated. Rat mandibular incisor eruption rate was accelerated by maintaining incisors out of occlusion. Rate of eruption, enamel thickness, secretory zone length and matrix breakdown were measured. Eruption rate increased by 120% in experimental teeth but enamel secretion increased by only 90%. There were no obvious differences between control and experimental teeth in final enamel thickness or in the molecular weight distribution of the enamel matrix proteins.
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