In humans and other mammals, the teeth are not attached rigidly to the alveolar bone. A soft
connective tissue, referred to as the periodontal ligament, is interposed between the tooth …

The behaviour of calcium phosphate (CaP) based biomaterials in biological environments
determines how they can be used in vivo. The prime requirement for CaP materials to be …

Many proteins found in mineralized tissues have been proposed to function as regulators of
the mineralization process, either as nucleators or inhibitors of hydroxyapatite (HA) …

Osteopontin is a phosphorylated sialoprotein containing a conserved sequence of
contiguous aspartic acid residues. This protein is expressed at high levels in mineralized …

Bone sialoprotein (BSP) is a bone-specific glycoprotein containing phosphoserine and
sulphotyrosine residues and regions of contiguous glutamic acid residues. Recent studies in …

The dissolution behavior of sintered carbonate apatite was investigated in a 10 mM/L acetic
acid solution adjusted to pH 5.0 at 37° C, and compared to that of sintered hydroxyapatite …

Titanium alloy implants were precoated biomimetically with a thin and dense layer of
calcium phosphate and then incubated either in a supersaturated solution of calcium …

The protein adsorption behavior of thin films of calcium phosphate (CaP) bioceramic and
titanium (Ti) was studied in this research. The thin films were produced with an ion beam …

Soil organic acids such as humic and fulvic acids can play an important role in influencing
inorganic phosphate availability in P-fertilized soils by inhibiting formation of …

Osteonectin, an acidic noncollagenous protein of bone and dentin, has affinity to
hydroxyapatite crystals. Binding sites to hydroxyapatite of this protein were determined by a …