title: Measuring the remineralization potential of different agents with quantitative light-induced fluorescence digital Biluminator.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of different remineralization agents by quantitative light-induced fluorescence digital BiluminatorTM (QLF-D).
  
  
  METHODS
  Artificial caries lesions were created, and the teeth were divided according to the tested materials: (i) distilled water, (ii) acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF), (iii) Curodont Repair (CR), (iv) ammonium hexafluorosilicate (SiF) and (v) ammonium hexafluorosilicate plus cetylpyridinium chloride (SiF + CPC). After treatment procedures, each of the samples was placed in artificial saliva. After demineralization and 1 and 4 weeks of remineralization procedures, fluorescence loss and lesion areas were measured with QLF-D. Data were statistically analyzed (α = 0.05).
  The fluorescence values of the demineralized enamel specimens treated with the various agents differed significantly compared with pretreatment values for both 1 and 4 weeks (p&lt;0.05). At 4 weeks, the highest fluorescence gain was calculated in the CR, APF and SiF groups compared with the control (p&lt;0.05).
  APF, SiF and CR groups yielded greater remineralization ability than SiF + CPC and control groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir - Turkey.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kucukyilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir - Turkey.
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savas
mesh_terms: D000149:Acidulated Phosphate Fluoride / Q000737:chemistry*; D002594:Cetylpyridinium / Q000737:chemistry*; D005453:Fluorescence; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012824:Silicic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012824:Silicic Acid; C004832:hexafluorosilicate; D000149:Acidulated Phosphate Fluoride; D002594:Cetylpyridinium; D005459:Fluorides