Micro and nanostructural analysis of a human tooth using correlated focused ion beam (FIB) and transmission Electron microscopy (TEM) investigations

Sezen, Meltem and Ow-Yang, Cleva W. and Karahan, Özlem and Kıtıki, Burak (2018) Micro and nanostructural analysis of a human tooth using correlated focused ion beam (FIB) and transmission Electron microscopy (TEM) investigations. Micron . ISSN 0968-4328 (Print) 1878-4291 (Online) Published Online First http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2018.08.004

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Abstract

In this study, natural molar human tooth specimens were investigated for determining their micro- and nanoscale structural morphology, chemistry and crystallinity. The differences were tracked comparatively for both enamel and dentin layers and at their interfaces. Although dental material structures are hard and tough and the cross-sectioning of these materials using mechanical methods is challenging, FIB-SEM dual-beam instruments serve for preparing ultra-thin homogenous lamella sections. In this work, both FIB-SEM and TEM based advanced characterization methods were applied to reveal different morphological characteristics of dental tissue via complementary imaging and diffraction analysis. In addition, SEM-EDS and Raman spectroscopy techniques provided additional information about the elemental distribution and the chemical composition differences of the dental tissues. According to electron microscopy examinations at the intersection between the enamel and the dentin layers, it was shown that the enamel was denser and polycrystalline, while the dentin layer was porous, fibrillar and of negligible long-range order, due to its tubular structure and organic components. In particular, EDS mapping and linescan analyses showed almost no differences in the elemental distribution. Raman results confirmed that both tissues had similar chemical composition except dentin showed spectral background effects in the spectrum due to its tubular structure and organic components.
Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Materials Science & Eng.
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Cleva W. Ow-Yang
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2018 14:35
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 10:00
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/36549

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