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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 30, Number 4
BKCSDE 30(4)
April 20, 2009

Title	Regeneration of a Micro-Scratched Tooth Enamel Layer by Nanoscale Hydroxyapatite Solution
Author	Su Chak Ryu, Byoung Ki Lim, Fangfang Sun, Kwangnak Koh, Dong Wook Han, Jaebeom Lee*
Keywords	Hydroxyapatite (HAp), Human tooth, Regeneration, Ca²⁺ ion, PO₄^3- ion
Abstract	Hydroxyapatite (HAp)-based materials have attracted considerable attention on account of their excellent stability and recrystallization. Nanoscale HAp powders with a mean particle size of 200 nm were used to regenerate the enamel layers of damaged teeth. An artificially scratched tooth was immersed in a nanoscale HAp powder suspension in d.i. water (HAp of 70 wt%) at 37 oC for a period of 1~3 months. SEM and AFM showed that the scratched surface was ultimately inlaid with HAp after three months and the roughness increased from 2.80 to 5.51. Moreover, the hardness of the neo-generated HAp layer on the crown was similar to that of the innate layer. Ca²⁺ and PO₄^3- ions from the HAp powders dissolved in d.i. water were precipitated on the tooth to produce cemented pastes on the enamel surface due to its high recrystallizing characteristics, resulting in a hard neo-regenerated HAp layer on the enamel layer. This nanoscale HAp powder solution might be used to heal decayed teeth as well as to develop tooth whitening appliances.
Page	887 - 890
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