On fluoride and bone strength
1993
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Calcified Tissue International
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Turner CH, Dunipace AJ.
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53:289-90.
The recent paper by Einhorn et al. [1] drew the conclusion that fluoride incorporation into bone does not impair bone's mechanical properties. This result is in conflict with the results of others concerning fluoride and bone strength. For instance, several investigators--including ourselves--have shown that bone strength decreases as bone fluoride levels in the mineral phase increase to beyond about 4500 ppm [2-7]. When the fluoride content in the mineral phase reaches 10,000 ppm, bone strength