Secondhand smoke may alter tooth mineralization, study in rats suggests (IMAGE)

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Secondhand smoke may alter tooth mineralization, study in rats suggests

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Analysis found an increase in the space between enamel prisms — microscopic structures that organize the mineral composition of the tooth — and a decrease in phosphorus levels in the tooth enamel 

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Francisco Wanderley Garcia de Paula-Silva/FORP-USP

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