Fluoride distribution and histological structure of human cementum.
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.
Nakagaki
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H
Department of Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
Kawai
K
K
Murakami
T
T
Sakakibara
Y
Y
Ohno
N
N
Weatherell
J A
JA
Robinson
C
C
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000032:analysis* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
D005459:Fluorides