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Sixty-two human teeth, obtained from subjects aged 11 to 80 years, were used to determine the magnesium and fluoride concentration and distribution with age in human cementum. Transverse sections were prepared from the root region of teeth. Samples, each 30 μm thick, were abraded in sequence from the cementum surface and the cemento-dentine junction by an abrasive micro-sampling technique. Magnesium concentrations were lower in the cementum surface, and increased towards the cemento-dentine junction (CDJ), while fluoride concentrations were higher in cementum surfaces and tended to decrease towards CDJ. Fluoride distribution patterns were similar to that reported earlier while average fluoride concentration increased with age, however, either no change or decreasing tendencies were observed with magnesium.
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Received: 5 January 1998 / Accepted: 20 July 2000 / Online publication: 2 November 2000
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Tsuboi, S., Nakagaki, H., Takami, Y. et al. Magnesium and Fluoride Distribution in Human Cementum with Age. Calcif Tissue Int 67, 466–471 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002230001170
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002230001170