Mapping of Nanomechanical Properties of Enamel Surfaces Due to Orthodontic Treatment by AFM Method
, Sławomir Wilczyński 2, Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld 1, Krzysztof Woźniak 1, Anna Deda 3 and Sławomir Kulesza 4Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Abstract is well written.
Introduction - write specific aims and hypotheses of this research
Results - check the accuracy of data in tables and text.. e.g. Sq value 36 or 63 nm???..
Part 4. is discussion, part 5. Conclusions
Conclusions should be as answers on stated aims of this research.
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Reviewer 2 Report
I am herewith sending comments about applsi-11064025 as the attached file.
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Reviewer 3 Report
- Introduction: Dealing with adhesives for dentine, some reference could be given (e.g. Serino, G., Bignardi, C., Boccafoschi, C., Scotti, N., Berutti, E., Audenino, A.l. Collagen cross-linker effect on the mechanical properties of the radicular hybrid layer in restorative dentistry: A nanoindentation study (2019) WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences, 124, pp. 195-203).
- Please prepare one single table form table 1a,1b,1c,1d, where the first column reports Group number
- ISAD would not be clear to readers not being expert in AFM,; perhaps a figure might be helpful. A definition of this sort may be clearer: “ISAD is the difference between the 3D surface area and its 2D footprint area”
- Discussion:
o please report a comment about using AFM rather than nano-indentation given (e.g. Serino, G., Bignardi, C., Boccafoschi, C., Scotti, N., Berutti, E., Audenino, A.l. Collagen cross-linker effect on the mechanical properties of the radicular hybrid layer in restorative dentistry: A nanoindentation study (2019) WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences, 124, pp. 195-203)
o the authors should discuss their elastic moduli versus the ones reported by other authors in literature (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/1097-4636%28200101%2954%3A1%3C87%3A%3AAID-JBM10%3E3.0.CO%3B2-Z?casa_token=8IghHTtC43AAAAAA%3AFcrPQIZTTjTipbsZYgWOU3knMnwKjGd9A5MUqr9Lrr619EIgZJ1-ms-8UTNZjLZ2jGBRxc1JHKoSYg; https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1016/s0039-6028(01)01311-5; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/154405910808700414).
Author Response
Dear Reviewer
Thank you for your review of our article.
We have taken into account all your suggestions and corrected the article accordingly. All the
changes have been made in the text of the manuscript. Thank you for your support.
