ANTINUCLEATING AGENT IN AQUEOUS REMINERALIZING COMPOSITION COMPRISING CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS, AND FLUORIDE

摘要

A composition useful for remineralizing subsurface carious lesions of dental enamel which contains sources of calcium ions and phosphate ions as well as fluoride ions and further includes as an agent to stabilize the composition against precipitation, an antinucleating agent such as ethylene-diamine tetramethylenephosphonic acid or water soluble salt thereof, the pH of the composition being about 5 - 9, preferably close to physiological conditions, such as about 6.8 - 7.5.