Trace fluoride and its role in enamel mineralization

✍ Scribed by Finkelstein, Mark J. ;Nancollas, George H.

• Book ID: 102292830
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 134 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9304
• DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820140419

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A highly reproducible seeded crystal growth method has been used to study enamel mineralization in the presence of traces of fluoride ion. The resulting increased rate of remineralization over a range of calcium phosphate supersaturation may be attributed to the formation of surface fluorapatite.