ABSTRACT
The authors studied by in vivo methods (Fosse et al. 1986) the microhardness of dental enamel in diabetic patients compared to healthy persons. No differences of enamel microhardness values between diabetics and healthy persons, neither by longer diabetes duration nor by worse diabetes attitude have been found.
Subject(s)
Dental Enamel/anatomy & histology , Diabetes Mellitus/physiopathology , Hardness Tests , Adolescent , Adult , Dental Enamel Solubility , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The authors studied the microhardness of sound enamel in healthy persons, with in vivo measurements by the Vickersdiamond, used in earlier tests. The evaluation of the impressions was done by a modificated image-analysis method. The method by Fosse et al, for in vivo microhardness measurements can bring good results in practice according to the investigations. The image-analysis makes the evaluation essentially easier. The intraindividual use of this method in longitudinal examinations eliminates the sources of error occurring at horizontal comparisons.
