Amorphous calcium phosphate curable dental caries

The researchers reported Sunday in Chicago, known as a kind of amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) and then the mineral-filled materials not only help prevent cavities, but also contribute to the healing of existing small cavities.

Gaithersburg Maryland's National Institute of Standards and Technology, Dr. Joseph Antonucci of the American Chemical Society meeting during the Reuters Medical News interview, he said: "ACP already has been applied in dental clinics. Relapse due to the erosion of the teeth, At least 50% of the filler to be replaced. In the use of bovine enamel in laboratory studies, ACP effectively reverse the cavities caused by corrosion to the role of the mineral. "

Dr. Antonucci explained: "ACP through to the appropriate proportion of the release of calcium ions and the role of salt, so that we can form on teeth and bones of natural minerals. Ideally, dentists have been filled in the cavities, ACP can be used to the surface of the teeth, so that the new cavities may be reduced to a minimum or prevention. "

ACP, of course, there are other applications that can be used as an adhesion agent to help support orthodontic adhesive on the surface of the teeth, but also as a root canal or sealant to reduce the sensitivity of the teeth. As the ACP plays a role in the remineralization, so researchers are studying its bone healing to assist in the restoration of the potential uses.

Dr. Antonucci said, at least so far, ACP repair only a very small cavities in a useful, so in the foreseeable future, "drilling and filling" may be larger still the first choice for treatment of cavities. Now do not think that the ACP is a permanent filler.