An Investigation of Enamel Thickness in Human Lower Incisor Teeth

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Abstract
A technique has been described for reproduction of any plane of section in any tooth, or any object, by the use of semiserial sections and a graphical reconstruction technique. This technique was applied to a study of enamel thickness distribution in a pooled sample of 27 lower incisor teeth. A graphical method was used to show that, while correlation between tooth size and enamel thickness was slight, there was a definite pattern of enamel distribution. For the incisai two-thirds of the tooth, the buccal enamel was thickest, followed in turn by the distal, mesial, and lingual enamel. The rate of change of enamel thickness from gingival to incisal was quite different for the buccal, proximal, and lingual surfaces.

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