Amorphous calcium phosphate-containing orthodontic composites. Do they prevent demineralisation around orthodontic brackets?

Uysal Tancan; Amasyali Mihri; Koyuturk Alp Erdin; Ozcan Suat; Sagdic Deniz

doi:10.2478/aoj-2010-0002

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Dec 2023)

Amorphous calcium phosphate-containing orthodontic composites. Do they prevent demineralisation around orthodontic brackets?

Uysal Tancan,
Amasyali Mihri,
Koyuturk Alp Erdin,
Ozcan Suat,
Sagdic Deniz

Affiliations

Uysal Tancan: *Department of Orthodontics, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Amasyali Mihri: †Department of Orthodontics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
Koyuturk Alp Erdin: +Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
Ozcan Suat: ±the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Sagdic Deniz: †Department of Orthodontics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2010-0002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 10 – 15

Abstract

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A preliminary study using laser fluorescence suggested that amorphous phosphate-containing orthodontic composites may prevent demineralisation around bonded orthodontic brackets.

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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