Elkhouly Marwa A, Emara Mahmoud M, Nady Norhan, Elkadi Ahmed S, Kandil Sherif H
Materials Science Department, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, El Shatby, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt.
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Baghdad Street, P.O. Box 21511, Moharam Bey, Alexandria, Egypt.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jun 20;15(1):20207. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-06434-7.
Traditional restorative materials often fail to integrate seamlessly with natural tooth structures due to differences in chemical composition, leading to microleakage and related clinical problems. This study aims to create a material entirely composed of calcium phosphates, the main component of dental enamel, to repair minor enamel cavities. Inspired by the biomineralization process and employing the inorganic ionic polymerization strategy, a cohesive calcium phosphate mass was developed to repair minor enamel cavities. Calcium phosphate ionic clusters (CPICs) and three types of calcium phosphate powder were utilized; (bone-derived and synthetic hydroxyapatite; (BHA and SHA), and dried CPICs. Two different techniques, namely layer by layer (LbL) and premixing (PM), were employed to mix CPICs with one type of calcium phosphate powder to form a cohesive mass. Different analysis techniques were used including FTIR, XRD, SEM and TEM. Among the tested approaches, the mass formed by mixing BHA with CPICs using the PM technique demonstrated superior integration with enamel walls and infiltration of calcium phosphate particles into enamel. To the best of our knowledge, repairing cavitated enamel defects using a bioinspired approach with a material composed entirely of calcium phosphate has not yet been achieved.
由于化学成分的差异,传统的修复材料往往无法与天然牙齿结构无缝整合,从而导致微渗漏及相关临床问题。本研究旨在制造一种完全由磷酸钙(牙釉质的主要成分)组成的材料,用于修复较小的牙釉质龋洞。受生物矿化过程启发并采用无机离子聚合策略,研发出一种用于修复较小牙釉质龋洞的粘性磷酸钙团块。使用了磷酸钙离子簇(CPICs)和三种类型的磷酸钙粉末;(骨源性和合成羟基磷灰石;(BHA和SHA),以及干燥的CPICs。采用两种不同技术,即逐层(LbL)和预混合(PM),将CPICs与一种磷酸钙粉末混合以形成粘性团块。使用了包括傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)在内的不同分析技术。在测试的方法中,采用PM技术将BHA与CPICs混合形成的团块与牙釉质壁表现出更好的整合,且磷酸钙颗粒渗入牙釉质。据我们所知,尚未实现使用完全由磷酸钙组成的材料通过仿生方法修复牙釉质龋损。