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Rapid Mix Preparation of Bioinspired Nanoscale Hydroxyapatite for Biomedical Applications
Published on: February 23, 2017
[Physiological changes in the morphology of the main structural enamel unit - hydroxyapatite crystal - during its
B R Shumilovich1, V V Sadovsky1, A V Sushchenko1
1Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko, Voronezh, Russia.
Abstract:
The in vitro study by means of complex laboratory techniques including X-ray faze analysis, infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron and atomic force microscopy defined age-related physiological mineralization process as a shift of the structural enamel unit - nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite crystals - TO microcrystal phase. Relevant anatomical sites with age-dependent enamel optical characteristics corresponding to certain ratio of hydroxyapatite phases and the compliance of their color characteristics to composites enamel layers were revealed.
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