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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Morpho-Chemical Observations of Human Deciduous Teeth Enamel in Response to Biomimetic Toothpastes Treatment.

Maurizio Bossù, Roberto Matassa, Michela Relucenti, Flavia Iaculli, Alessandro Salucci, Gianni Di Giorgio, Giuseppe Familiari, Antonella Polimeni, Stefano Di Carlo

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maurizio BossùDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Roberto MatassaDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Section of Human Anatomy, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6336-4587
Michela RelucentiDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Section of Human Anatomy, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Flavia IaculliDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Alessandro SalucciDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Gianni Di GiorgioDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6251-4072
Giuseppe FamiliariDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Section of Human Anatomy, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Antonella PolimeniDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2679-7607
Stefano Di CarloDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Today, biomaterial research on biomimetic mineralization strategies represents a new challenge in the prevention and cure of enamel mineral loss on delicate deciduous teeth. Distinctive assumptions about the origin, the growth, and the functionalization on the biomimetic materials have been recently proposed by scientific research studies in evaluating the different clinical aspects of treating the deciduous tooth. Therefore, appropriate morpho-chemical observations on delivering specific biomaterials to enamel teeth is the most important factor for controlling biomineralization processes. Detailed morpho-chemical investigations of the treated enamel layer using three commercial toothpastes (Biorepair, F1400, and F500) were performed through variable pressure scanning electron microscopy (VP-SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) on deciduous teeth in their native state. A new microscopy methodology allowed us to determine the behaviors of silicate, phosphate, and calcium contents from the early stage, as commercially available toothpastes, to the final stage of delivered diffusion, occurring within the enamel layer together with their penetration depth properties. The reported results represent a valuable background towards full comprehension of the role of organic-inorganic biomaterials for developing a controlled biomimetic toothpaste in biofluid media.

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biomaterialsdeciduousdiffusionEDSelectron microscopyenamelhydratemappingmicroanalysisscanning electron microscopytoothpaste

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