Erosion Infiltration Technique': A Novel Alternative for Masking Enamel White Spot Lesion

Muthuvel, Praveen and Ganapathy, Aarthi and Subramaniam, Mohan Kumar and Revankar, Vanita D. (2017) Erosion Infiltration Technique': A Novel Alternative for Masking Enamel White Spot Lesion. JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND BIOALLIED SCIENCES, 9.0. S289-S291. ISSN 0975-7406

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Abstract

Enamel White spot lesions are early signs of demineralization under the intact enamel, which may or may not lead to the development of caries. An inactive white spot lesion might act as an arrested dental caries and impair the esthetic appearance by displaying a milky white color from its interior opacity. The first choice of treatment is remineralization with various remineralizing agents such as fluoride and ACP-CCP. Caries infiltration is a less invasive and effective method for arresting the white spot lesions. It also improves the esthetics by masking the chalky white appearance by the process of optical adaptation to the adjacent healthy enamel. This is achieved by the hydrophobic resin, which has a similar refractive index to that of the healthy enamel.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Refractive index, resin infiltration technique, white spot lesion
Subjects: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics > Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Divisions: Dentistry > Vinayaka Mission‘s Sankarachariyar Dental College, Salem > Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email techsupport@mosys.org
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2026 07:10
URI: https://ir.vmrfdu.edu.in/id/eprint/6716

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