title: Effect of pore topology on the remineralization rate of surface-softened enamel and synthetic hydroxyapatite: an experimental comparison and mathematical model.
abstract: Experiments with surface-softened synthetic hydroxyapatite show similar remineralization rates as surface-softened human enamel. The mineral gain with respect to time relates to parameters governing the precipitation of mineral in the specimens. A mathematical model regarding the mineral precipitation on the pore surface is fitted to the experimental values. We obtained comparable precipitation rates for apatite and tooth enamel. The geometry of the pores, however, proved to be different: a mostly tube-like pore structure must be attributed to demineralized enamel, while the synthetic hydroxyapatite specimens remineralize like a ramified, crack-like microstructure of pores.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Polikliniken für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferkrankheiten der Universität Würzburg, BRD.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Redelberger
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Klinger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wiedemann
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000737:chemistry*; D003747:Dental Enamel Solubility; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites / Q000737:chemistry*; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008956:Models, Chemical; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties; D014089:Tooth Remineralization
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites