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Science 16 September 1966:
Vol. 153. no. 3742, pp. 1396 - 1397
DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3742.1396
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Strontium Incorporation into Dental Enamel

A. R. Johnson 1, W. D. Armstrong 2, and Leon Singer 2

1 Department of Biochemistry, College of Medical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; School of Dentistry, Center fro Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
2 Department of Biochemistry, College of Medical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Rats were raised on diets either rich or poor in strontium. Powder x-ray diffraction patterns suggest that isomorphous substitution of strontium for calcium occurs in the apatite of tooth enamel, and that strontium may form Sr6H3(PO4) • 2H2O, a compound hitherto unreported in biologic systems.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
In vivo and in vitro Study of 90Sr in Developing Rat Molar Enamel.
B.A. White, T.G. Deaton, and J.W. Bawden (1980)
Journal of Dental Research 59, 2091-2099
   Abstract »    PDF »
Strontium, Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphorus Content of Rat Incisors as Determined by Electron Microprobe Analysis.
A.R. Johnson (1972)
Journal of Dental Research 51, 115-121
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