Integrating the PILP-mineralization process into a restorative dental treatment

The addition of charged polymers, like poly-aspartic acid (pAsp), to mineralizing solutions allows for transport of calcium and phosphate ions into the lumen of collagen fibrils and subsequent crystallization of oriented apatite crystals by the so-called Polymer-Induced Liquid Precursor (PILP) mineralization process, leading to the functional recovery of artificial dentin lesions by intrafibrillar mineralization of collagen.

Source: Dental Materials - December 10, 2018 Category: Materials Science Authors: Margot Bacino, Vishavjeet Girn, Hamid Nurrohman, Kuniko Saeki, Sally J Marshall, Laurie Gower, Ella Saeed, Ray Stewart, Thuan Le, Grayson W Marshall, Stefan Habelitz Source Type: research