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. 2013 May 29;2013:295812. doi: 10.1155/2013/295812

Table 2.

FTIRI analysis of Brtl/+ and WT molars (all values are dimensionless ratios).

Min/Mat CO3/PO4 XLR XST HPO4
2 months

First molar crown
WT 10.6 ± 1.0 0.0052 ± 0.0003 4.06 ± 0.20 1.184 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.04
BRTL/+ 11.0 ± 2.0 0.0051 ± 0.0007 4.07 ± 0.37 1.13 ± 0.03 0.48 ± 0.03
P NS NS NS 0.06 0.07

Second molar crown
WT 10.3 ± 1.0 0.0050 ± 0.0004 4.1 ± 0.29 1.171 ± 0.06 0.450 ± 0.03
BRTL/+ 10.6 ± 3.0 0.0050 ± 0.0004 4.2 ± 0.37 1.133 ± 0.04 0.469 ± 0.04
P NS NS NS NS NS

First molar mesial root
WT 7.99 ± 0.94 0.0053 ± 0.0004 3.97 ± 0.19 1.175 ± 0.041 0.46 ± 0.03
BRTL/+ 7.28 ± 1.54 0.0047 ± 0.0007 4.21 ± 0.39 1.14 ± 0.025 0.53 ± 0.05
P NS NS 0.08 NS 0.009

Second molar distal root
WT 6.78 ± 1.0 0.0048 ± 0.0004 4.38 ± 0.89 1.15 ± 0.076 0.51 ± .04
BRTL/+ 6.54 ± 0.75 0.0048 ± 0.0006 4.97 ± 0.85 1.09 ± 0.087 0.61 ± 0.05
P NS NS NS 0.10 0.001

6 months

First molar crown
WT 10.9 ± 2.2 0.0066 ± 0.0005 4.1 ± 0.3 1.1 ± 0.02 0.45 ± 0.02
Brtl/+ 13.0 ± 2.6 0.0064 ± 0.0008 4.4 ± 0.7 1.1 ± 0.01 0.49 ± 0.01
P NS NS NS NS 0.015

Second molar crown
WT 9.0 ± 0.2 0.0063 ± 0.0006 4.1 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.01 0.48 ± 0.04
Brtl/+ 9.8 ± 1.5 0.0064 ± 0.0007 4.2 ± 1.1 1.06 ± 0.51 0.51 ± 0.05
P NS NS NS NS NS

Second molar mesial root
WT 7.1 ± 0.8 0.0062 ± 0.0003 4.2 ± 0.3 1.08 ± 0.03 0.53 ± 0.02
Brtl/+ 6.7 ± 1.5 0.0053 ± 0.0004 4.4 ± 0.4 1.09 ± 0.02 0.61 ± 0.15
P NS 0.0009 NS NS NS

Second molar distal root
WT 7.9 ± 0.5 0.0065 ± 0.0004 4.5 ± 0.3 1.08 ± 0.03 0.49 ± 0.03
Brtl/+ 7.1 ± 1.5 0.0065 ± 0.0006 4.6 ± 0.4 1.07 ± 0.03 0.59 ± 0.09
P NS NS NS NS 0.07