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Here, we explored the solution status and chemical constitution of commercially-available SDF and SF products, and secondly investigated the multicomponent interplay of these products with biomolecules present in intact human whole-mouth salivary supernatants (WMSSs) in vitro<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods<\/jats:title>High-resolution 19<\/jats:sup>F NMR analysis was employed to explore SDF and SF product solutions, and to determine WMSS fluoride (F\u2212<\/jats:sup>) concentrations, whereas ammonia (NH3<\/jats:sub>) release form SDF was tracked by 1<\/jats:sup>H NMR spectroscopy. SEM and thin-film FTIR-ATR analyses were employed to explore the atomic and molecular compositions of sequentially-generated AgCl deposits and chromophoric Ag\/AgCl nanoparticles (CSNPs); the time-dependent generation of the latter was followed spectrophotometrically.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>19<\/jats:sup>F NMR spectra of aqueous SF solutions contained a very broad F\u2212<\/jats:sup> signal (\u0394v1\/2<\/jats:sub> 70\u2005Hz), demonstrating that much of its solvated F\u2212<\/jats:sup> content was rapidly exchanging with Ag(I) on the NMR timescale, but those of SDF had a much sharper resonance, similar to that of \u201cfree\u201d F\u2212<\/jats:sup> (4\u2005Hz). Moreover, further NMR results revealed that a popular SDF product contained high molar excesses of both F\u2212<\/jats:sup> and NH3<\/jats:sub>. Treatment of WMSSs with SDF and SF generated an off-white precipitate, which slowly developed into CSNPs at 23\u00b0C; SEM demonstrated high contents of both silver and chloride in this material (ca.1:1 atomic content ratio). FTIR-ATR analysis found that the CSNPs formed contained a range of salivary biomolecules, which appear to encapsulate the Ag\/AgCl core (significant thiocyanate contents were also found). In conclusion, NMR results acquired demonstrated that SF, but not SDF, product solutions feature rapidly-exchanging F\u2212<\/jats:sup><\/jats:italic> between its \u201cfree\u201d and Ag(I)-bound forms, and that SDF contains large excesses of both F\u2212<\/jats:sup> and its NH3<\/jats:sub> ligands. Characterised AgCl deposits and CSNPs were sequentially produced from the interactions of these complexes with WMSS biomolecules.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Discussion<\/jats:title>In view of their well-known microbicidal and cariostatic properties, the observed autobioconstruction of CSNPs involving salivary catalysis is of much therapeutic significance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/froh.2024.1373885","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,12]],"date-time":"2024-06-12T04:22:44Z","timestamp":1718166164000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Explorations of the chemical constitution and aqueous solution status of caries-arresting silver(I)-diammine fluoride and silver(I)-fluoride products using high-resolution 19F NMR analysis. 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