Many types of toothpastes contain substances that can remineralize initial enamel caries.
Asghar Ebadifar, Mohammad Nomani, Sayed Ali Fatemi 2017, 'Effect of nano-hydroxyapatite toothpaste on microhardness ofartificial carious lesionscreated on extracted teeth', Journal of Dental Research, Dental Clinics, Dental Prospectshttp://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JODDD/Manuscript/JODDD-11-14.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These properties are expected to help compensate polymerization shrinkage and help remineralize demineralized dentin.
Piyaphong Panpisut, Saad Liaqat, Eleni Zacharaki, Wendy Xia, Haralampos Petridis,Anne Margaret Young 2016, 'Dental Composites with Calcium / Strontium Phosphates and Polylysine.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5058497?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In recent years, scientists have developed various biomaterials to remineralize human teeth to treat dentine hypersensitivity.
Yuan Gao, Kunneng Liang, Jianshu Li, He Yuan, Hongling Liu, Xiaolei Duan, Jiyao Li 2017, 'Effect and Stability of Poly(Amido Amine)-Induced Biomineralization on Dentinal TubuleOcclusion', Materialshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/4/384. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)