Lipid Effect on the Progress of Artificial Carious Lesions in Dental Enamel
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Caries Research
- Vol. 18 (1), 52-55
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000260747
Abstract
The aim of the study was to examine the effect of enamel lipids on the rate of progress of artificial carious lesions in dental enamel. Lipids were extracted from cut halves of human tooth crowns. Artificial carious lesions were formed in both lipid-extracted and control halves in a lactate-diphosphonate system over 2, 1, 14 and 21 days at 37 °C. A twofold increase in lesion formation rate occurred in the lipid-extracted teeth compared to the normal teeth. The lipid component of enamel apparently acts as a diffusion barrier during the enamel caries process, and inhibits demineralization.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Relative Rates of Progress of Artificial Carious Lesions in Bovine, Ovine and Human EnamelCaries Research, 1981
- Physicochemical Requirements for Rapid Remineralization of Early Carious LesionsCaries Research, 1981
- A mechanism for dental caries based on chemical processes and diffusion phenomena during in-vitro caries simulation on human tooth enamelArchives of Oral Biology, 1979
- Studies of enamel proteins during maturationCalcified Tissue International, 1977
- A rapid chemical method for quantification of lipids separated by thin-layer chromatographyJournal of Lipid Research, 1964