Bio-waste-derived hydroxyapatite from fish bone, bovine bone, and bovine teeth for enamel remineralization
Chawan Karim Jabar, Hadi M. Ismail · 2026
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Chawan Karim Jabar and Hadi Ismail test whether food-industry waste can rebuild tooth enamel in a 2026 paper. Heating fish bone, cow bone, and cow teeth turns them into hydroxyapatite, the mineral enamel is made of. The team asked whether powders from these waste sources, used as slurries, could re-mineralize enamel that had been stripped of minerals.
They treated eighty-four human premolar samples split into seven groups. The powders showed the right crystal form, with calcium-to-phosphorus ratios close to natural enamel. Treated enamel gained calcium and grew smoother, with clear crystal deposits, most strongly for the cow-tooth powder. Surface roughness fell sharply in the best groups. The authors conclude that waste-derived mineral can repair enamel, with tooth-derived powder performing best overall.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chawan Karim Jabar, Hadi M. Ismail |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |