title: Fluoride distribution and histological structure of human cementum.
abstract: Thirty-one teeth taken post-mortem from 10 subjects aged from 40 to 66 years were studied. A close relationship was found between fluoride (F) distribution and histological structure. Although, as in all mineralized tissues, F concentrations tended to be highest towards the external surface, individual patterns of F distribution also seemed to reflect the histological pattern, especially the distribution of cellular or acellular cementum. In general, F concentrations were high in acellular and low in cellular cementum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weatherell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000032:analysis* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005459:Fluorides