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The Effect of Silicic Acid on Calcium Phosphate Precipitation

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

J.M. Ten Cate

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

So that a possible involvement in the mineralization of dental plaque could be investigated, the effects of silicic acid on calcium phosphate precipitation were assessed in vitro. By measuring the decrease in Ca²⁺ concentration (by means of ion-selective electrodes), we determined both spontaneous precipitation and seeded crystal growth from solutions that contained 1 mmol/L calcium, 7.5 mmol/L phosphate, 50 mmol/L Hepes pH 7.2, and various amounts of silicic acid. Polymerized silicic acid, but not its monomer, was found both to cause a 60% reduction in the lag period that precedes spontaneous precipitation and to enhance the growth rate of seeded hydroxyapatite crystals. Silica suspensions showed effects similar to those of polysilicic acid. In all cases, the precipitated material was found to be hydroxyapatite. Whereas seeded brushite crystals grew slowly without silicic acid, hydroxyapatite was the only mineral detected after crystal growth in the presence of silicic acid. Apparently, polysilicic acid acted as a substrate for hydroxyapatite nucleation, inducing secondary nuclei on both hydroxyapatite and brushite crystals. The finding that polysilicic acid could overcome part of the inhibitory effect of a phosphoprotein on calcium phosphate precipitation gave additional support for the idea that polysilicic acid and silica may promote the formation of dental calculus.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 68, No. 9, 1355-1359 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345890680091301


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