this is what i need to figure out - when your teeth absorbs these minerals, does it absorb them in ionic form and put them together as hydroxyapatite, or does it absorb the hydroxyapatite in full? and, is the reason we have such a hard time rebuilding teeth actually just that we stopped eating bones?
no, hear me out, here. it's about activation energy. this is turning into a high school chemistry lecture - and i know all you arts majors didn't bother, did you?
when you split molecules apart, you need to generate energy to do it. when you put molecules together, energy is released. so, if your body splits the molecules apart and puts them back together again, that requires energy you don't want to waste - and you want to give them to your teeth in ion form so it doesn't have to break them apart. conversely, if your body wants it in complete form, you don't want to give it the pieces, because it's going to require energy to put it together, even if the end reaction generates it.
as it is, the idea i'm getting is that your enamel is dead. there's no biological activity at work - this is just pure chemistry. which is why i don't understand why it stops working when the enamel runs through. it shouldn't matter, if it's just an attended process.
but, that means it's important to get it right.
your saliva can produce calcium & phosphate ions on it's own, so it's maybe not clear what i'm adding by introducing calcium phosphate, if it's not working in the first place. i'm neither calcium nor phosphorus deficient. is it spitting on a fish?
but, if you give it the completed molecule, will it uptake it whole?
i'd like to see some verifying source before i make a choice.