Head of the Chemistry Faculty of Leeds University, Dr  Amalia Aggeli and her scientific team recently discovered a fluid substance that naturally rebuilds human teeth. The novel self-assembling peptide named P11-4 forms the base of an experimental new method, bearing the advantage of indolent application.

Team of researchers at the University of Leeds formed a group of 15 patients, aged 18-70, bearing teeth carious symptoms. Later on, they applied a layer of the proteinic solution P11-4 on the problematic areas of the denture. P11-4 solution is designed to reach the white calcium missing areas of teeth, the basic structural material of dental enamel, where it attracts mineral elements, like calcium, regenerating the damaged enamel. According to current observation, white stains on patients’ teeth were eliminated within 30 days, resulting to the reversal of the damaging decay procedure from dental caries, thanks to the peptide.

Scientists of the Aggelis’s group make clear that this new liquid dental filling material is not designed to be applied on teeth with later-stage decay that require filling or extraction, yet it can prove effective in reversing the damage of the dental enamel during the early stages of decay.

The peptide can save teeth from dental filling and is currently put under experiments for its use against temperature variations dental intolerance.