Enamel nomenclature

Formation of the acquired salivary pellicle is the result of biopolymer adsorption at the tooth-saliva interface. The term acquired pellicle was first suggested in a review of the nomenclature of the enamel surface integuments by Dawes et al. [1], to describe the cuticular material formed on the enamel surface after eruption. The pellicle consists of adsorbed proteins and other macromolecules from the oral environment (saliva, crevicular fluids) and is clearly distinguished from the microbial biofilm (plaque) (fig. 1). 

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