Toward dental caries: Exploring nanoparticle-based platforms and calcium phosphate compounds for dental restorative materials

Millions of people worldwide suffer from a toothache due to tooth cavity, and often permanent tooth loss. Dental caries, also known as tooth decay, is a biofilm-dependent infectious disease that damages teeth by minerals loss and presents a high incidence of clinical restorative polymeric fillings (...

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Main Authors: Abdulrahman A. Balhaddad, Anmar A. Kansara, Denise Hidan, Michael D. Weir, Hockin H.K. Xu, Mary Anne S. Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-12-01
Series:Bioactive Materials
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452199X18300732