A Physical Barrier Model for Preventing the Enamel Demineralization

The incidence and prevalence of dental caries in Indonesia has increased from year to year. The main cause is often associated with bad tooth brushing habits. Caries occurs because there is a process of demineralization of the surface of hard tooth tissues such as email due to the presence of acids produced by bacteria that metabolize the substrate. Coating the tooth surface with an acid-resistant material is an emerging idea for caries prevention in the future, Preliminary studies with extracted tooth models demonstrated that enamel surface coating was able to prevent demineralization through physical barrier. This method is possible as novel strategy of caries prevention on clinical level