20Jul 2017

ROLE OF CASEIN PHOSPHOPEPTIDE?AMORPHOUS CALCIUM PHOSPHATE (CPP?ACP) IN PREVENTION OF DENTAL CARIES: A REVIEW.

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Dental caries is known as a major public health problem worldwide effecting individuals. Effective caries-preventive methods have been developed and refined since the introduction of community water fluoridation in the 1940s. The various topical fluorides which have shown maximum beneficial effect include fluoride varnishes. Among the food groups, dairy products have been recognized as exhibiting anticaries activity i.e milk, milk concentrates and cheeses. Dairy products have been shown to be anticariogenic in animal and human in situ caries models. The bovine milk phosphoprotein, casein, is considered to be largely responsible for this anticariogenic property. The anitcariogenic effect of CPP-ACP has been attributed to the multiphosphoseryl-containing sequences of casein. CPP can stabilize the level of ACP in saliva as it act as reservoir of calcium and stabilizes the level of calcium. We should shift our ways of caries prevention to include products such as CPP-ACP in our prevention schemes for patients through remineralization of enamel and application of minimal invasive approaches in dentistry.


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[Radhey Shyam, Manjunath BC, Adarsh kumar, Ridhi Narang, Mamta Ghanghas and Geeta Rani. (2017); ROLE OF CASEIN PHOSPHOPEPTIDE?AMORPHOUS CALCIUM PHOSPHATE (CPP?ACP) IN PREVENTION OF DENTAL CARIES: A REVIEW. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 999-1004] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Radhey Shyam
Department of Public Health Dentistry, PGIDS Rohtak.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4809      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4809