Re: chemical structure of Enamel or Dentin

[Alison Wain <alison@charvolant.org>]

Cathy,

You could try this site - it lists chemical information on the Net including
the NIH Center for Molecular Modelling.

http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemww1.html

Alison Wain

Cathy Cleland wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I hope you can help me. I am searching for a graphical image of the
> chemical structure of enamel or dentin. The texts I have read say that
> enamel is basically "96% (by weight) crystalline calcium phosphate, with a
> structure similar to hydroxyapatite" (Ca5(PO4)3OH). I was wondering if
> there was a chemical structure drawn with this formula? Do you have any
> references I could peruse? I am in need of something general.
>
> Thank you in advance for your time.
>
> Cathy Cleland