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Possible Physico-Chemical Processes in Human Dentin Caries

G. Daculsi

INSERM U. 225, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Place A. Ricordeau, 44042 Nantes, France

R.Z. LeGeros

New York University Dental Center, 345 East 24th Street, New York, New York 10010

A. Jean

INSERM U. 225, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Place A. Ricordeau, 44042 Nantes, France

B. Kerebel

INSERM U. 225, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Place A. Ricordeau, 44042 Nantes, France

This study correlated ultrastructural observations on the presence of beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) in arrested dentin caries with physico-chemical observations on the in vitro formation of Mg-substituted β-TCP. The ultrastructural studies were made using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with the capability of microdiffraction and microanalysis on sites less than 10 nm in diameter. Mg-substituted β-TCP was obtained, by a precipitation method, from solutions with Mg/Ca molar ratios of 5/95 and higher. Such correlation led to the postulation of a possible chronological sequence of physico-chemical events occurring at the crystal level during the progress and arrest of caries in human dentin. It is suggested that the initial mechanism for the observed occurrence of large crystals of Mg-substituted β-TCP and of apatite in the tubule lumen is due to the dissolution of the dentin mineral (a CO 3- and Mg-rich calcium OH-apatite) and reprecipitation of Mg-substituted β-TCP, followed by that of CO3- and Mg-poor apatite.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 66, No. 8, 1356-1359 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345870660081401
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