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. 2014 Jan;93(1):96–102. doi: 10.1177/0022034513510944

Table.

Composition of Lower Mouse Incisor Enamel from All Groups Determined by Microprobe Analysis, Means ± Standard Deviations

Composition (% Weight)
Ae2a,b−/− Mice (3)*
Fluorotic Ae2a,b−/− Mice (5)
Secretion (3)** Late Maturation (3) Secretion (3) Late Maturation (5)
CaO 19.97 ± 1.60 35.59 ± 1.76a,c 27.61 ± 6.05 39.80 ± 5.28b
P2O5 16.84 ± 1.29 28.93 ± 1.05d,f 23.24 ± 5.89 32.54 ± 4.08e
Molar Ca/P 1.53 ± 0.02 1.59 ± 0.02 1.53 ± 0.08 1.62 ± 0.07
MgO 0.30 ± 0.01 0.51 ± 0.10 0.50 ± 0.25 0.56 ± 0.18g,h
SO3 0.78 ± 0.02 0.22 ± 0.06 0.70 ± 0.40 0.13 ± 0.19
F 0.02 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01k 0.16 ± 0.11 0.43 ± 0.24i,j,k
Cl 0.03 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.01m,p,q 0.02 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.03n,o,q
Cl/CaO × 10-3 1.49 ± 0.45s 2.70 ± 0.82t,x,y 0.77 ± 0.28u 1.12 ± 0.78w,y,z

Wild-type Mice (3)
Fluorotic Wild-type Mice (7)
Secretion (3) Late Maturation (3) Secretion (3) Late Maturation (7)

CaO 25.98 ± 7.51 50.16 ± 0.15a,b 21.31 ± 4.26 42.60 ± 4.34c
P2O5 21.86 ± 6.41 41.77 ± 0.23d,e 17.41 ± 3.18 34.76 ± 3.22f
Ca/P 1.53 ± 0.01 1.55 ± 0.01 1.56 ± 0.06 1.62 ± 0.05
MgO 0.15 ± 0.01 0.21 ± 0.05g 0.21 ± 0.04 0.22 ± 0.10h
SO3 0.65 ± 0.36 0.01 ± 0.01 0.95 ± 0.23 0.14 ± 0.19
F 0.04 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.01i 0.12 ± 0.06 0.14 ± 0.09j
Cl 0.11 ± 0.06 0.34 ± 0.01l,m,n 0.02 ± 0.02 0.23 ± 0.04l,o,p
Cl/CaO × 10-3 4.05 ± 1.05r,s,u 6.71 ± 0.13t,z 0.92 ± 0.68r 5.31 ± 0.76w,x

Statistical significance was tested for the same developmental stage among different groups. Groups with the same character or symbol are statistically different. For statistics (analysis of variance; see Appendix Table 2): *, number of mice; **, number of developmental stages measured.