In vitro mineral apposition analysis of two Colombian plant extracts on Amelogenesis imperfecta teeth.
Sandra Janeth Gutiérrez PrietoLuis Gonzalo Sequeda-CastañedaGabriela M Penedo-JaramilloAndrea V Chacín-NietoDaniel R Contreras-CáceresGloria C Moreno-AbelloMaría P Galvis-RincónFredy O Gamboa-JaimesPilar E Luengas-CaicedoPublished in: Clinical and experimental dental research (2021)
Native Colombian I. guayusa Loes and P. marginatum Jacq plant extract might in the future be useful for dental tissue remineralization, as they induced phosphate and orthophosphate mineral apposition, main components of tooth enamel. These types of natural compounds can become an alternative to fluorine, whose ingestion is harmful to the human body.