Journal
NANOSCALE
Volume 13, Issue 47, Pages 20002-20012Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05378g
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- King's South East Asia Scholarship
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Calcium phosphate nanoparticles were explored as a replacement for lost hydroxyapatite in nanoporous teeth due to dental erosion. The remineralization properties of the synthesized nanoparticles on eroded hydroxyapatite discs at different pH levels were investigated, showing heterogeneous deposition at pH 9.2 and potential formation of newly precipitated minerals at pH 6.2.
Calcium phosphate exhibits excellent biocompatibility, and with particle size in the nanoscale, calcium phosphate nanoparticles (CPNPs) were explored to replace the hydroxyapatite lost in the nanoporous teeth due to dental erosion. CPNPs (2% w/v) colloidally stabilised by sodium citrate were synthesised via co-precipitation. They were characterised in terms of particle size, morphology, crystallinity, Ca/P ratio and calcium ion release. To ensure uniformity of the substrate, hydroxyapatite (HA) discs were examined as an alternative substrate model to enamel. They were eroded in acetate buffer (0.5 M; pH 4.0) at various timepoints (1, 5, 10, 30 min, and 2, 4 h), and their physical differences compared to enamel were assessed in terms of surface microhardness, surface roughness and step height. The remineralisation properties of the synthesised CPNPs on eroded HA discs at different pH levels were investigated. It was established that CPNPs were heterogeneously deposited on the HA discs at pH 9.2, whereas newly precipitated minerals from CPNPs were potentially formed at pH 6.2.
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