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Comparative Study of Bioactive Glass and Calcium-Containing Fluoride Products on The Remineralization of Enamel White Spot Lesion: A Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Study | ||
| Tikrit Journal for Dental Sciences | ||
| Volume 13, Issue 1, June 2025, Pages 1-9 PDF (632.25 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.25130/tjds.13.1.1 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rafal Ghanim Rahman* 1; Ban Sahib Diab2 | ||
| 1Department of Preventive and Pedodontic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad | ||
| 2Department of Preventive and Pedodontic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Dental remineralization is ionic deposition in demineralized enamel, resulting in gain of minerals and limiting progression of early enamel lesions. Various approaches have been employed for enamel remineralization. This investigation aimed to measure the remineralizing efficiency both quantitatively and subjectively of bioactive glass powder (Sylc®), casein phospho-peptide-amorphous calcium phosphate with fluoride (CPP-ACPF) on white spot lesions (WSLs) using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) combined with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDX) techniques. Methods: A sample of fifty enamels was obtained by extracting ten maxillary first premolars. Ten enamel samples were assigned to each group: Group I (Sylc®); Group II, CPP-ACPF; and Group III, artificial saliva (negative control), Group IV: WSLs, and Group V: baseline. All samples were kept for 72 hours in a demineralizing agent before being treated with remineralizing agents to form WSLs. Analyses of the morphology of enamel samples were performed by SEM and EDX. This study used one-way ANOVA and Tukey's HSD (p<0.05) as statistical analysis. Results indicate that the Mean±SD of Ca/P ratio of I (2.359±0.230), II (2.295±0.246), III (2.097±0.275), IV (2.068±0.471), V (2.00±0.16). SEM shows the morphology of the surface of enamel and the porous structure change to a homogenous enamel surface, most of the micropores were hidden as a result of using BAG and CPP-ACPF. Conclusion: CPP-ACPF and the Sylc® group may be thought to be beneficial for raising the Ca/P ratio. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| CPP-ACPF; Enamel; Dental caries; fluoride varnish; Remineralizing agents; SEM-EDX | ||
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