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  • Title: Calcium fluoride formation on enamel and its influence on uptake of fluoride in the apatitic lattice.
    Author: Larsen MJ, Jensen SJ, Thorsen A.
    Journal: Scand J Dent Res; 1977 Jul; 85(5):327-33. PubMed ID: 19841.
    Abstract:
    Human dental enamel was exposed to a pH 4 buffer containing 150 parts/10(6) fluoride. It was found that due to the arising degrees of saturation with respect to calcium fluoride and apatites, surface enamel dissolved coincident with a formation of calcium fluoride. The calcium fluoride redissolved while it kept the liquid saturated with respect to this salt. During this second period, fluorapatite was formed while hydroxyapatite dissolved. Finally, all calcium fluoride was dissolved and the unreacted fluoride was taken up in the apatitic lattice. The results are discussed with reference to the conditions of the oral cavity and enamel solubility experiments.
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