{"id":2003,"date":"2024-12-07T23:51:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T07:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/?page_id=2003"},"modified":"2025-01-10T09:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:42:59","slug":"tooth_degradation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/projects\/tooth_degradation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tooth Degradation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2003\" class=\"elementor elementor-2003\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18d6d827 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18d6d827\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Permanent tissues means permanent damage<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-338006e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"338006e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">One consequence of enamel and dentin being acellular tissues is that any damage suffered during regular use or as a consequence of treatments in the dental clinic. The same is true of compositional changes, whether that be disease, caries (\u201ccavities\u201d), frequent consumption of highly acidic food and drink, or simply the passing of time. The dentin and enamel of samples from a senior age group are harder, stiffer, and more brittle than young adult teeth. Compositional changes are thought to be the underlying cause for this degradation in durability. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">A collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA, has enabled explorations of nanoscale compositional differences in young and senior enamel using a technique called atom probe tomography. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/looking-at-individual-atoms-in-tooth-enamel-uw-pnnl-researchers-learning-what-happens-to-our-teeth-as-we-age\/\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Early studies<\/a><\/span> have focused on the composition of the mineral content near the outer surface of the enamel, but we are equally interested in the organic components that are believed to improve the toughness of enamel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-499fb994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"499fb994\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f4939ad\" data-id=\"3f4939ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15970591 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"15970591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2673\" height=\"1169\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/enamel-aging-data-labeled1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2149\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/enamel-aging-data-labeled1.png 2673w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/enamel-aging-data-labeled1-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/enamel-aging-data-labeled1-1024x448.png 1024w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/enamel-aging-data-labeled1-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/enamel-aging-data-labeled1-1536x672.png 1536w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/enamel-aging-data-labeled1-2048x896.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2673px) 100vw, 2673px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Spatially resolved micromechanical properties for all the three age groups from the Tooth Surface to the DEJ. (a) Apparent fracture toughness responses and (b) Brittleness distributions. Error bars are shown only for the primary group for clarity.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7061f5fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7061f5fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a98558\" data-id=\"2a98558\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a855d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a855d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chronic diseases like diabetes can also impact oral health. Using a mouse model, our group studies the influence diabetes has on the properties of dentin, providing guidance for what considerations may be necessary when treating diabetic patients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">One of the more damaging procedures that might happen at the dentist\u2019s office is a root canal. During this procedure, diseased tissue is removed from the roots of the tooth, often at the expense of most of the dentin in the tooth. A prosthetic tooth crown is then secured into the hollowed-out root. Unfortunately, the damage to the surrounding tissue that the crown is secured is an unreliable interface, and it is not uncommon for crowns to fail after a period of ~5-7 years.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2139d976 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2139d976\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61ce22a\" data-id=\"61ce22a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e1174 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"26e1174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Wear-on-diabetic-mouse-molars.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2019\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Wear-on-diabetic-mouse-molars.jpeg 1004w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Wear-on-diabetic-mouse-molars-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/lampr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Wear-on-diabetic-mouse-molars-768x581.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Molars from (a) group 1 nondiabetic, (b) Type 1 diabetic, (c) group 2 nondiabetic, and (d) Type 2 diabetic mice. Significant wear is evident in the crowns of diabetic teeth.  <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4bff44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4bff44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48fdda9\" data-id=\"48fdda9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40487c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40487c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Our group is interested in thoroughly\u00a0understanding how these diseases and changes affect the composition\u2014and in turn the mechanical properties\u2014from the micro- to nano-scale. Some of our commonly used techniques in this pursuit include Raman spectroscopy, Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy, nanoindentation,\u00a0indentation fracture resistance, scanning electron microscopy, and atom probe tomography, among others. We have also applied machine learning algorithms (i.e. k-means clustering) to identify correlation between sub-groups that might not be apparent upon initial analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6400dbc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6400dbc3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0e3cab\" data-id=\"d0e3cab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a440159 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1a440159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c24a46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52c24a46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Select Publications<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a9440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3a9440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Grimm, J., Renteria, C., Mukhopadhyay, S., Devaraj, A., Arola, D. Stratification of fluoride upatake among enamel crystals with age elucidated by atom probe tomography.\u00a0 <em>Communications Materials <\/em><strong>5 <\/strong>(2024). <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43246-024-00709-8\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43246-024-00709-8<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">C. Renteria, W. Yan, Y.L. Huang, D.D. Arola, Contributions to enamel durability with aging: An application of data science tools, <em>J Mech Behav Biomed<\/em> <strong>129<\/strong> (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jmbbm.2022.105147\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jmbbm.2022.105147<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">W. Yan, C. Renteria, Y. Huang, D.D. Arola, A machine learning approach to investigate the materials science of enamel aging, <em>Dent Mater <\/em><strong>37<\/strong> (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dental.2021.09.006\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dental.2021.09.006<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">W. Yan, H. Chen, J. Fernandez-Arteaga, A. Paranjpe, H. Zhang, D. Arola, Root fractures in seniors: Consequences of acute embrittlement of dentin, <em>Dent Mater<\/em> <strong>36<\/strong> (2020). <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dental.2020.08.008\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dental.2020.08.008<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">W. Yan, C. Montoya, M. \u00d8ilo, A. Ossa, A. Paranjpe, H. Zhang, D.D. Arola, Contribution of Root Canal Treatment to the Fracture Resistance of Dentin, <em>J Endodont<\/em> <strong>45<\/strong> (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.joen.2018.10.004\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.joen.2018.10.004<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">C. Montoya, D. Arola, E.A. Ossa, Deformation behaviour of aged coronal dentin, <em>Gerodontology<\/em> <strong>35<\/strong> (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ger.12321\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ger.12321<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">W. Yan, C. Montoya, M. \u00d8ilo, A. Ossa, A. Paranjpe, H. Zhang, D. Arola, Reduction in Fracture Resistance of the Root with Aging, <em>J Endodont<\/em> <strong>43<\/strong> (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.joen.2017.04.020\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.joen.2017.04.020<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">M. Yahyazadehfar, D. Zhang, D. Arola, On the importance of aging to the crack growth resistance of human enamel, <em>Acta Biomater<\/em> <strong>32<\/strong> (2016). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actbio.2015.12.038\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actbio.2015.12.038<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">C. Montoya, S. Arango-Santander, A. Pel\u00e1ez-Vargas, D. Arola, E.A. Ossa, Effect of aging on the microstructure, hardness and chemical composition of dentin, <em>Arch Oral Biol<\/em> <strong>60<\/strong> (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.archoralbio.2015.10.002\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.archoralbio.2015.10.002<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">R. Wang, S. Mao, E. Romberg, D. Arola, D. Zhang, Importance of aging to dehydration shrinkage of human dentin, <em>Appl Math Mech<\/em> <strong>33<\/strong> (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10483-012-1553-8\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10483-012-1553-8<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">S. Park, D.H. Wang, D. Zhang, E. Romberg, D. Arola, Mechanical properties of human enamel as a function of age and location in the tooth, <em>J Mater Sci Mater Medicine <\/em><strong>19<\/strong> (2008). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10856-007-3340-y\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10856-007-3340-y<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">D. Bajaj, N. Sundaram, A. Nazari, D. 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