Strontium incorporation into dental enamel.
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 Sr(6)H(3)(PO(4)) * 2H(2)O, a compound hitherto unreported in biologic systems.
D000818:Animals; D001031:Apatites / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013324:Strontium / Q000378:metabolism*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D001031:Apatites; D002118:Calcium; D013324:Strontium