Artificial white spot lesions have been prepared on bovine enamel surfaces by the controlled addition of lactate buffer containing methylhydroxydiphosphonate ions. The rates of remineralization have been measured using a constant composition method in solutions of calcium phosphate of low supersaturation. Deposition of new hydroxyapatite solid phase takes place exclusively within the white spot lesion at a rate appreciably slower than that of an acid-etched enamel surface, probably due to the presence of methylhydroxydiphosphonate located within the intact surface region of the lesion.
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