Calcium phosphate nanoparticles for potential application as enamel remineralising agent tested on hydroxyapatite discs

Mok, Zi Hong, Mylonas, Petros, Austin, Rupert, Proctor, Gordon, Pitts, Nigel and Thanou, Maya 2021. Calcium phosphate nanoparticles for potential application as enamel remineralising agent tested on hydroxyapatite discs. Nanoscale 13 , pp. 20002-20012. 10.1039/d1nr05378g

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Additional Information:	This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:	2040-3372
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	5 January 2022
Date of Acceptance:	19 November 2021
Last Modified:	08 May 2023 20:11
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/146377

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