Magnification—An Interesting Optical Property of Dentin

R. E. Walton; W. C. Outhwaite; D. F. Pashley

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Magnification—An Interesting Optical Property of Dentin

R. E. Walton, W. C. Outhwaite, D. F. Pashley

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Thin disks of calcified and decalcified coronal dentin were examined for optical properties. When images were transmitted from a pulpal-to-occlusal direction, the image was magnified ; when the disks were inverted, the image was reduced in size. Magnification is presumably the result of the divergence of dentinal tubules. The image transmission may be a light-pipe or fiberoptic phenomenon.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	639-642
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Dental Research
Volume	55
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345760550041601
State	Published - Jul 1976

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