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A Quantitative Analysis of Mineral Loss and Shrinkage of in vitro Demineralized Human Root Surfaces

Department of Cariology & Endodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands

B. Nyvad

Department of Oral Anatomy, Dental Pathology, and Operative Dentistry, Royal Dental College Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Y.M. Van De Plassche-Simons

Department of Cariology & Endodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands

O. Fejerskov

Department of Oral Anatomy, Dental Pathology, and Operative Dentistry, Royal Dental College Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Demineralization of dentin specimens proceeds at a faster rate than that of enamel. Although this is generally accepted, a quantification of the rate of formation of root lesions is hampered by the shrinkage of the lesions when these are dried prior to microradiographic analysis.' This leads to a significant underestimation of the lesion depth and total mineral loss. The aim of this paper was to quantitate the rate of mineral loss during root lesion formation in vitro and to determine the shrinkage of root specimens as a result of drying. Unerupted roots of human teeth were subjected to a demineralizing system of 0.1 mol/L lactate buffer (pH = 4.8) with 0.2 mmol/L methanehydroxydiphosphonate during four, 11, 22, and 44 days. The root lesions were assessed by quantitative microradiography. The demineralizing solutions were analyzed to determine the amounts of root tissue dissolved. A comparison of these two sets of data showed that, with the demineralizing system used, root lesions may shrink up to 62%. Fixation of the specimens in fixative did not affect this shrinkage. Chemical analysis showed that mineral loss proceeded linearly with time. From the data-sets of this study, a model was developed to compensate for the shrinkage in the dentin specimens. In this way, it was possible to calculate the lesion depth at four demineralization times as being 130, 220, 320, and 530 µm, respectively. These values were in agreement with a microscopic determination of the lesion depth.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 70, No. 10, 1371-1374 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345910700101101


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