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  • 1
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    s.l. : American Chemical Society
    Langmuir 3 (1987), S. 511-519 
    ISSN: 1520-5827
    Source: ACS Legacy Archives
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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  • 2
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    s.l. : American Chemical Society
    Industrial and engineering chemistry 4 (1965), S. 368-371 
    Source: ACS Legacy Archives
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
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    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 33 (1981), S. 431-439 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Apatite ; Fluorhydroxyapatite ; Crystal growth ; Kinetics
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The kinetics of seeded crystal growth of calcium apatites were studied in dilute supersaturated solutions at various levels of fluoride concentrations. Initial precipitation rates were enhanced by fluoride concentrations higher than 0.05 ppm. The analytical results are consistent with the precipitation of fluoridated hydroxyapatites, Ca5Fx-(OH)1−x(PO4)3, FHA. The degree of fluoridation, X, appears to be determined by the activity of HF in solution, which varies for the various initial fluoride levels but remains fairly constant during precipitation. Thus the composition of the precipitating phase was the same for a given solution whether 25 or 10 mg of hydroxyapatite was added as seeds. All the experimental results are consistent with the BCF theory, which relates the mean linear rate of growth, RL, to the supersaturation, DS, by the expression RL=C1T(DS-1)1n(DS)tanh(C2/T 1n DS), in which DS is the supersaturation defined by mean molar activities with respect to the precipitating FHA, T the absolute temperature, and C1 and C2 are constants calculated from the experimental results. Consequently, the crystal growth appears to take place in surface kinks and to be controlled by surface diffusion. Since crystal growth in most biological systems takes place at fluoride concentrations within the experimental range used, it seems probable that it occurs along the model advanced in the present investigation.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Saliva ; Calcium ; Phosphate ; Ion-binding ; Supersaturation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Previous ultrafiltration studies indicated that up to one-half of the calcium and two-thirds of the phosphate in human salivary secretions may be bound by salivary proteins. Since this binding is an important variable in determining the extent of salivary supersaturation with respect to calcium phosphate salts, and since the amount of binding reported is surprisingly large, calcium and phosphate ion-binding by salivary macromolecules has been reexamined. From experiments using equilibrium dialysis, it was found that (1) the fraction of salivary calcium involved in macromolecular complexes ranges from a few percent for unstimulated secretions, to no more than about 10% for stimulated glandular salivas, and (2) salivary proteins do not bind phosphate ions to any significant extent. These findings, and experiments using an improved ultrafiltration membrane, indicate that the earlier results were artifacts of the ultrafiltration technique. Fractionation of salivary proteins, followed by equilibrium dialysis measurements, showed that the anionic proline-rich proteins and a basic proline-rich glycoprotein are responsible for most of the calcium binding now observed. The finding that macromolecular complexes of salivary calcium and phosphate have been overestimated in the past, leads to the conclusion that salivary calcium and phosphate ion activities in stimulated salivary secretions may be up to 50 to 100% higher than previously thought. Revised values were therefore used to recalculate the degree of salivary supersaturation with respect to calcium phosphate salts. The results indicate that stimulated salivary secretions are supersaturated with respect to dicalcium phosphate dihydrate; this is a substantially greater degree of supersaturation than previously reported.
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    Calcified tissue international 35 (1983), S. 362-365 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: N,N,N',N'-ethylenediamine (tetramethylene phosphonic acid) ; Calculus in beagles ; Anticaries effects ; Rat caries
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary N,N,N',N'-ethylene diamine tetra (methylene phosphonic acid)—EDITEMPA—was highly effective in reducing dental calculus formation in beagle dogs when applied topically as a 1% solution or in a mouth rinse. A dose-response study in 40 beagles for 12 weeks with dentifrices containing 1, 2, 2.75, and 2.75% EDITEMPA+0.1% NaF gave a significant (α=0.05) reduction in calculus formation. Based on these results, it was also concluded that 0.1% NaF did not affect the anticalculus activity of 2.75% EDITEMPA. The effect of EDITEMPA dentifrice on dental caries in rats was also studied. A dentifrice containing 1.69% EDITEMPA significantly (α〈0.01) reduced smooth and fissure caries in rats when applied topically. Collectively, the data suggested that EDITEMPA was an effective anticalculus agent and that it did not damage developing enamel in vivo.
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    Calcified tissue international 50 (1992), S. 137-143 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Hydroxyapatite ; Enamel ; Dissolution ; Kinetics ; Caries
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The present study was undertaken in an attempt to relate the kinetics of hydroxyapatite dissolution to solution parameters, under experimental conditions relevant to the dental caries process. Thus, the dissolution of hydroxyapatite was studied in acetic, lactic, and dilute phosphoric acid solutions having initial pH values from 4 to 6. Rates of dissolution and the corresponding degree of saturation with respect to hydroxyapatite were determined at various times throughout the dissolution process. Rates of dissolution of all solutions were found to decrease with increasing degree of solution saturation and were greater in solutions with lower initial values of pH. However, rates of dissolution in partially saturated phosphoric acid solutions (without added organic acid) were at least one order of magnitude lower than those observed in the organic acid buffers with the same initial pH, over the same range of saturation values. The data obtained are consistent with a surface-controlled dissolution model in which the rate of dissolution is dependent upon the degree of saturation and the sum of the activities of the acidic species in solution, i.e., phosphoric and organic acids. These results suggest that in order to assess the cariogenic potential of a given medium (e.g., plaque fluid), one must determine both the degree of saturation with respect to the dissolving mineral and the activities of acidic species in solution.
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    Calcified tissue international 51 (1992), S. 143-150 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Adsorption ; Magnesium ; Calcium ; Apatite crystals ; Enamel ; Dentin ; Bone
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Magnesium (Mg) is a conspicuous constituent of hard tissues but its possible role in biomineralization is poorly understood. It is possible that Mg2+ adsorbed onto bioapatites may contribute to the modulation of crystal growth as such inhibitory activity has been reported for synthetic apatites. The present study was undertaken to determine the adsorption isotherms of Mg ions onto synthetic apatites and biominerals in tooth and bone tissues in the presence of other ions of natural occurrence. Synthetic crystals used as adsorbents were hydroxyapatite and, as a better prototype for the biomineral, Mg-containing carbonatoapatite. Human enamel and dentin materials were obtained from extracted, caries-free, permanent teeth. Porcine dentin materials at two developmental stages were obtained from erupted deciduous and unerupted permanent teeth of a 6-month-old slaughtered piglet. Porcine bone was obtained from the cortical portion of the mandible of the same animal. All biomineral samples were pulverized and then treated by plasma ashing (deproteination) at about 60°C. Each of the powdered samples was equilibrated in solutions containing various initial concentrations of Mg2+, Ca2+, and Na+ (or K+) as nitrate salts. Following equilibration, concentrations (and activities) of magnesium and calcium ions in the experimental solution were determined. The pH values of the equilibrium solutions were in the range of 6.2–6.5. Experimental data of the Mg adsorption onto hydroxyapatite were interpreted on the basis of a Langmuir-type model for binary systems assuming competition of Mg2+ and Ca2+ for the same adsorption sites on the crystal surfaces of the apatites. According to this model, the adsorbed Mg is expressed as a function of the ionic activity ratio (Mg2+)/(Ca2+) in the equilibrium solution. The model contains two parameters, the adsorption selectivity constant Ks and the maximum number of adsorption sites N (μmol/g). The numerical values of Ks were similar for all adsorbents used (synthetic and biological) and indicated the preferential adsorption of Ca2+ probably due to spacial restrictions extending to the very surface of the crystals. The initial level of Mg2+ in the surface pool was different in the various biominerals, probably reflecting the composition of fluid in which the biominerals were formed. Whereas the surface pool of Mg of human enamel was marginal, only 5% of the total Mg, significant fractions of the total Mg in human and porcine dentins (about 20–30%), and porcine bone (about 40%) existed on the crystal surfaces. There were significant differences in the total Mg and the value of the parameter N between young (unerupted) and mature (erupted) dentin minerals. It was ascertained that the occupancy of adsorption sites by Mg ions became greater with maturation of the dentin tissues. The overall results suggest that the Mg-mineral interaction in tooth and bone tissues may be a highly tissue-specific process, presumably reflecting differences in fluid composition (particularly Ca and Mg activities) responsible for biomineralization.
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    Calcified tissue international 24 (1977), S. 47-57 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Calcification ; Crystal growth ; Hydroxyapatite ; Kinetics ; Precipitation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The kinetics of precipitation of hydroxyapatite, HA, was studied by seeding dilute supersaturated solutions with well characterized HA crystals. In solutions having initial degrees of supersaturation comparable to those present in human serum, the precipitation rates were related to the thermodynamic driving force (degree of supersaturation with respect to HA) and not to the solution composition. The following relationshipR 0=KA(DS) n , whereR 0=initial precipitation rate, A=amount of seeds, DS=degree of supersaturation, and K andn are parameters obtained from the experimental data, was found to apply over a DS range of 6.6×1010 to 3.3×106. These observations are consistent with the occurrence of a simple growth process on the HA seeds. No evidence for the formation of discrete calcium phosphates other than HA was detected. The Ca/P molar ratio of the precipitating phase, calculated from solution compositions, was invariably higher than that expected for HA; this result is shown to be consistent with an initial adsorption phenomenon. Anomalous kinetic behavior was observed at low seeding levels and may relate to the surface phenomenon described. It is concluded that, most probably, under physiological conditions, formation and remineralization of hard tissues occur through the reported crystal growth process.
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    Calcified tissue international 28 (1979), S. 7-16 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Salivary proteins ; Adsorption ; Hydroxyapatite ; Precipitation inhibitors ; Crystal growth
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Inhibition of calcium phosphate precipitation in saliva, and prevention of the formation of mineral accretions on tooth surfaces, has been ascribed to the existence of inhibiting salivary macromolecules. Marked reductions in the crystal growth rate of hydroxyapatite (HA) seeds were measured in supersaturated solutions containing either of two proline-rich proteins, PRP1 or PRP3, or statherin; the three macromolecules were isolated from human parotid saliva. The reductions were also observed when the HA seeds were pretreated with solutions of the macromolecules before adding them to the supersaturated calcium phosphate solution. This effect was very similar in the case of the two PRPs and it was directly related to the extent of adsorption site coverage of these proteins on the HA seeds. The effect of statherin was larger than anticipated from its adsorption behavior. However, comparison on the basis of number of moles adsorbed per unit area of HA shows that the PRP are more effective inhibitors than statherin. The macromolecule concentrations used were considerably lower than those in the salivery secretions, therefore these macromolecules could readily prevent mineral accretion on tooth surfaces through their adsorption onto the enamel surface.
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    Calcified tissue international 36 (1984), S. 651-658 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Salivary proteins ; Hydroxyapatite ; Adsorption ; Precipitation-inhibitor ; Phosphoserine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Inhibition of seeded apatitic crystal growth by human salivary acidic proline-rich phosphoproteins (PRP) has been related to their adsorption onto the apatite seeds. The amino-terminal 30-residue segment of the PRP makes an important contribution to this adsorption. This peptide (PRP1(T1)) and its dephosphorylated analogue from PRP3 (PRP3(T1)DP) were prepared. They have identical sequences, except the phosphates at residues 8 and 22 in PRP1(T1) are absent from PRP3(T1)DP. Adsorption of these peptides onto hydroxyapatite and their effect on crystal growth from a defined supersaturated solution was studied. Adsorption behavior was adequately described by the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The adsorption affinity constant of PRP1(T1) (K=20,200 ml/µmol) was more than 10 times the corresponding value for PRP3(T1)DP (1,800 ml/µmol), and similar to that of the parent protein, PRP1 (26,200 ml/µmol). Inhibition of crystal growth by the peptides was interpreted in terms of the fractional coverage of the maximum number of adsorption sites (as derived from the adsorption isotherms), suggesting that the molecules block, by adsorption, specific growth sites on these surfaces. Comparison of precipitation kinetics showed that PRP1(T1) is a more effective inhibitor than PRP3(T1)DP at the same initial concentration (10−6−10−7 M). However, on the basis of per mol adsorbed, PRP3(T1)DP displays a greater inhibitory activity; such a behavior is consistent with a more open molecular structure which blocks more growth sites per mol adsorbed than PRP1(T1). Because of its high affinity constant, preadsorbed PRP1(T1) remains in the condensed state in the supersaturated solution used, whereas the preadsorbed PRP3(T1)DP molecules desorb to some extent, resulting in a decrease in inhibitory activity. The results show that the amino-terminal segment of the PRP and the two phosphoserine residues present in this segment are particularly important in the function proposed for these proteins in the oral environment.
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