title: Minor elements in bone mineral and their effects on its solubility.
abstract: Mineral substance deposited in bone tissue when either strontium or fluoride are present, is both qualitatively and quantitatively different from that deposited in their absence. The presence of these ions causes not only heteroíonic substitutions in the crystalline lattice of the apatite phase, but also important modifications of the percentage of crystalline mineral, of crystal size and perfection, and of quantity of mineral per unit volume. These modifications affect the in vitro and in vivo demineralization of bone tissue.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001031:Apatites / Q000737:chemistry; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects; D003460:Crystallization; D003461:Crystallography; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013324:Strontium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001031:Apatites; D008903:Minerals; D005459:Fluorides; D013324:Strontium