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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dent Mater. 2015 Jan 19;31(3):205–216. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2014.12.007

Table 1.

Distribution of total water in demineralized dentin matrices

Plateau
Specimens dried in vacuum oven Initial H2O content Dry First Second Third Final H2O content % Recovery
Mass (mg) 13.74 ± 0.49 4.65 ± 0.24 4.94 ± 0.29 5.67 ± 0.33 6.93 ± 0.42 10.13 ± 0.7 --
g H2O/g dry mass 1.981 ± 0.103 0.001 ± 0.001 0.064 ± 0.01 0.220 ± 0.01 0.493 ± 0.04 1.171 ± 0.046 59.3%
Specimens dried in Drierite Initial Dry First Second Third Final % Recovery
Mass (mg) 13.37 ± 0.69 4.57 ± 0.31 5.10 ± 0.34 5.43 ± 0.36 6.39 ± 0.44 12.09 ± 0.98 --
g H2O/g dry mass 1.931 ± 0.163 0.0008 ± 0.0012 0.116 ± 0.003 0.191 ± 0.004 0.401 ± 0.01 1.644 ± 0.094 85.0%
* MD simulation values 0.000 0.0740 0.637

Values are means ± SD (n = 10).

*

Molecular Dynamic Simulations – computer simulation of water binding to dry collagen.