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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Ulster
The Role of Enamel Proteins in Protecting Mature Human Enamel Against Acidic Environments: A Double Layer Force Spectroscopy Study
Within this Leverhulme Grant (F/00 430/J), it was shown that acid attack on dental enamel is not simply a chemical dissolution of its mineral constituent. Double-layer force spectroscopy showed for the first time that the small but well-dispersed protein content also plays a crucial buffering role. This led to a best Poster award at the 24th Annual Conference of the European Conference for Biomaterials in Dublin and resulted in an award for TEM beam time (Tyndall Institute-NAP project 416), giving further proofs of the role played by proteins in dental erosion (to be submitted to Nanotechnology).