Tooth acellular extrinsic fibre cementum incremental lines in humans are formed by parallel branched Sharpey’s fibres and not by its mineral phase - Couoh, Lourdes R.; Bucio, Lauro; Ruvalcaba, José Luis; Manoel, Britta; Tang, Tengteng; Gourrier, Aurélien; Grandfield, Kathryn (Journal of structural biology, 2024)
Keywords: Acellular Extrinsic Fibre Cementum (AEFC); Adult; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Biological Physics; Collagen - chemistry; Collagen - metabolism; Dental Cementum - chemistry; Dental Cementum - metabolism; Dental Cementum - ultrastructure; Electron Microscope Tomography - methods; Engineering Sciences; Female; FIB-ETOMO; FIB-TEM; Human health and pathology; Humans; Life Sciences; Male; Materials; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning - methods; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission - methods; Middle Aged; Minerals - chemistry; Minerals - metabolism; PFIB-SEM; Physics; Scattering, Small Angle; Sharpey's fibres; Structural Biology; Synchrotron scanning (SAX, XRD, XRF); Tissues and Organs; Tooth cementum annulations; X-Ray Diffraction - methods; FIB-ETOMO; FIB-TEM; Synchrotron scanning (SAX, XRD, XRF); PFIB-SEM; Tooth cementum annulations; Acellular Extrinsic Fibre Cementum (AEFC); Sharpey's fibres; FIB-SEM; Sharpey’s fibres; Synchrotron scanning (SAX; XRD; XRF; TEM; Tooth cementum