Nondestructive Microcomputed Tomography Evaluation of Mineral Density in Exfoliated Teeth with Hypophosphatasia

• Main Authors: Sachiko Hayashi-Sakai (Author), Takafumi Hayashi (Author), Makoto Sakamoto (Author), Jun Sakai (Author), Junko Shimomura-Kuroki (Author), Hideyoshi Nishiyama (Author), Kouji Katsura (Author), Makiko Ike (Author), Yutaka Nikkuni (Author), Miwa Nakayama (Author), Marie Soga (Author), Taichi Kobayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Most cases of hypophosphatasia (HPP) exhibit early loss of primary teeth. Results of microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) analysis of teeth with HPP have rarely been reported. The purpose of the present study was to describe the mineral density distribution and mapping of exfoliated teeth from an HPP...