International e-Journal of Science, Medicine and Education 2011;5(1):27-30
An Alternative Efficient Technique For Thin Tooth Sectioning
Muneer Gohar Babar ; Ma Angela Gonzalez
Keywords
Teeth Sectioning, Dental Caries, Forensic Dentistry, Enamel, Dentine, Secondary caries
Country
Malaysia
Language
English
Abstract
Background: The importance of tooth sectioning is realized in disasters such as earthquake, airplane crash investigation, terror, micro leakage studies, age estimation etc. The objective of this study was to develop a simple method to make thin sections (approximately 100 mm) from freshly extracted teeth. Methods: One hundred and twenty human premolars recently extracted for orthodontic purpose were used for this study. The teeth were stored in 0.5% chorlaramine for 2 weeks and were not allowed to dry at any stage of the experiment. The teeth were thoroughly washed in distilled water teeth and then were sectioned buccolingually from crown to the root portion. Results: A detailed embedding-cutting-mounting procedure is described. The prepared thin ground sections were then examined under a Polarised light microscope for the enamel and the dentine, as well as the caries lesions can clearly be distinguished. Conclusion: This is an effective and efficient method for preparation of ground sections in which the hard tissue details are preserved.
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