Influence of trace elements on dental enamel properties: A review.
Zeeshan Qamara, Zubaidah Binti Haji Abdul Rahimb, Hooi Pin Chewc, Tayyaba Fatimad
- aDepartment of Oral Biology, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan and Department Oral Biology and Biomedical sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia
- bDepartment of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Malaysia
- cDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- dDepartment of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Abstract
Dental enamel, an avascular, irreparable, outermost and protective layer of the human clinical crown has a potential to withstand the physico-chemical effects and forces. These properties are being regulated by a unique association among elements occurring in the crystallites setup of human dental enamel. Calcium and phosphate are the major components (hydroxyapatite) in addition to some trace elements which have a profound effect on enamel. The current review was planned to determine the aptitude of various trace elements to substitute and their influence on human dental enamel in terms of physical and chemical properties.
TL;DRThe current review was planned to determine the aptitude of various trace elements to substitute and their influence on human dental enamel in terms of physical and chemical properties. (Semantic Scholar)