Hard Tissue Mineralization and Demineralization

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Towards an Understanding of Tissue-Specific Biomineralization

   • Harold C. Slavkin, Ching C. Hu, Yasuyuki Sasano, Sasson David, Pablo Bringas Jr., Yasunori Sakakura et al.

   Pages 1-15

3. Fluoride and Iron Concentrations in the Teeth of Primitive Bony Fishes (Osteichthyes)

   • Shoichi Suga, Yasuhiko Taki

   Pages 17-32

4. Fish Tooth Formation: An Assessment of Biological Factors Affecting the Fluoride Content of Enameloid

   • Kenneth S. Prostak, Philip Seifert, Ziedonis Skobe

   Pages 33-52

5. Amelogenin Hydrolysis in Isolated Enamel

   • Ioanna S. Iatridi, Miles A. Crenshaw

   Pages 53-61

6. Enamel Formation During Porcine Amelogenesis

   • Takaaki Aoba

   Pages 63-80

7. Recent Observations on the Formation of Carbonatoapatite In Vivo

   • Takaaki Aoba, Edgard C. Moreno

   Pages 81-102

8. Specific Physicochemical Properties of Fluoridated Hydroxyapatites with Incorporated Trace Elements

   • Masayuki Okazaki

   Pages 103-113

9. The Effect of Fluoride on Enamel De- and Remineralization

   • Jacob M. Ten Cate

   Pages 115-126

10. Calcification in Octocorals

    • Norimitsu Watabe, Roni J. Kingsley

    Pages 127-147

11. Involvement of Mammalian Insulin and Insulin-like Peptides in Shell Growth and Shell Regeneration in Molluscs

    • Abu S. M. Saleuddin, Venkatalakshmi M. Sevala, Veeresh L. Sevala, Spencer T. Mukai, Hamid R. Khan

    Pages 149-169

12. Phosphoproteins of Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Shell Organic Matrix

    • A. P. Wheeler

    Pages 171-187

13. Back Matter

    Pages 189-197

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Comparative investigations of mineralization and demineralization mechanisms by leading researchers give a general perspective on this interdisciplinary field of the life sciences and an introduction to current research methods and concepts. The studies are concentrated in the areas of calcium phosphate mineral formation in vertebrate bone and teeth and calcium carbonate mineral formation in coral skeletons and molluscan shells.

• Biomineralization
• Demineralization
• Mammalia
• Mollusca
• Teeth
• Vivo
• biology
• evolution
• fish
• proteins
• regeneration
• tissue

• Department of Pathology, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

  Shoichi Suga

• University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

  Norimitsu Watabe

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