Remineralization

Remineralization

Remineralization refers to the process of adding essential minerals, such as calcium and magnesium, back into water that has been desalinated or otherwise stripped of its natural mineral content. This is often done to improve the nutritional value and overall quality of the water. Some countries have regulations requiring remineralization to ensure that drinking water contains a sufficient amount of beneficial minerals.From: Desalination Technology [2019], Drinking Water Quality and Contaminants Guidebook [2019]

Antibacterial, pH Neutralizing, and Remineralizing Fillers in Polymeric Restorative Materials

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Published in Mary Anne S. Melo, Designing Bioactive Polymeric Materials for Restorative Dentistry, 2020

Abdulrahman A. Balhaddad, Maria S. Ibrahim, Michael D. Weir, Hockin H.K. Xu

The incorporation of calcium and fluoride ions to some of the commercially available sugar-free gums and varnishes has gained recognition within the last few years. Furthermore, casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) products are hypothesized to bind the enamel through casein phosphopeptide (CPP), which can bind a considerable amount of calcium, phosphate, and fluoride ions to favor the process of remineralization. These products have the potential to keep the environments supersaturated with calcium and phosphate ions rendering the process of remineralization over demineralization (Hamba et al. 2011; Reynolds et al. 2003; Kitasako et al. 2012).

Fluoride exchange by glass-ionomer dental cements and its clinical effects: a review

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Published in Biomaterial Investigations in Dentistry, 2023

John W. Nicholson, Sharanbir K. Sidhu, Beata Czarnecka

For many years, fluoride has been known to be beneficial in inhibiting the demineralization process [67–69]. The fluoride ion operates by two mechanisms, namely (i) directly inhibiting the metabolism of microbial cells in the biofilm and (ii) enhancing the rate of the remineralization process, thereby adjusting the balance in favor of remineralization.

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