Silver Colloid Staining of Sclerotic and Non-sclerotic Dentine

Authors

  • Marina Mohd Bakri Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry,University Malaya
  • N.H. Mohamed Unit of General Dental Practice, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya
  • D.A. Whittaker Department of Basic Dental Science Dental School, University of Wales College of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/adum.vol10no1.3

Keywords:

Phosphophoryn, silver colloid stain, sclerotic dentine

Abstract

Phosphophoryn, a higWyphosphorylated protein, is the most abundant protein among the non-collagenous protein of dentine. The staining of phosphophoryn can be done by using the silver colloid staining. In this paper, the staining effect of the silver colloid stain on both non-sclerotic and sclerotic dentine was investigated. Eight teeth from donors aged 14, 17, 22, 34, 55, 57, 60 and 65 were used for this experiment. The younger teeth were used to demonstrate normal root dentine while the older age teeth were used to demonstrate sclerotic root dentine at the apical region of the root. There was no staining of the normal root dentine as compared to sclerotic dentine when the silver colloid staining was used.

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Published

2003-12-31

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Original/Research Article