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  • Natural hydroxyapatite obtained from pufferfish teeth for potential dental application

  • Servet Ahmet Doğdua,*, Cemal Turana, Tolga Depcib and Deniz Ayasc

  • aMolecular Ecology and Fisheries Laboratory, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Turkey
    bThe Graduate School of Engineering & Sciences, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Turkey
    cFaculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, Yenişehir Campus, Mersin, Turkey

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Abstract

Hydroxyapatite and associated calcium phosphate ceramic materials are commonly applied as implant resources because of their close resemblance in structure with natural bone. In the present study, the elemental composition and potential usage of pufferfish teeth were examined as natural bioceramic for dental applications. The teeth of pufferfish Lagocephalus sceleratus were removed from the fish, rinsed with deionized water, measured, and kept in the furnace at 105 oC. The dehydrated teeth were pulverized with the planetary ball. ICP-MS, TTX, XRD, and nanoindentation test analyzes were made on the obtained hydroxyapatite. In the ICP-MS analysis, the elemental composition of the teeth was 52% calcium, 39% phosphate, %2.5 Mn, %1.5 Mg, %1 Ti, %0.8 V, and %3.2 the others. Ca/P atomic ratio value was 1.32. The present study preliminary revealed that the use of pufferfish teeth can be a natural alternative source for biomedical and other industrial purposes since it has no economic value and is very abundant in the world marine waters. On the other hand, the required tests are mandatory to be accomplished before any human use


Keywords: Blue biomaterials, Pufferfish, biomedical, bioceramic, natural Hydroxyapatite

This Article

  • 2021; 22(3): 356-361

    Published on Jun 30, 2021

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2021.22.3.356
  • Received on Dec 2, 2020
  • Revised on Mar 22, 2021
  • Accepted on Apr 19, 2021

Correspondence to

  • Servet Ahmet Doğdu

  • Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Laboratory, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Turkey
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