Scanning Electron Microscopic Observations of Whitlockite Crystals Accelerating the Maturation of Human Dental Calculus

Abstract

In old dental calculus attached to human teeth, the hexahedrally based crystals of whitlockite were frequently formed in the various intra-spaces of calculus deposits and the interface of calculus and the teeth. Thus, we suggest that such crystal depositions cause the maturation of dental calculus to accelerate.