Abstract
The Physicochemical properties of synthetic fluoridated CO3-apatites were studied, The crystallinity of the apatitis showed similar patterns of variation with the degree of fluoridation analogous to the complex pattern of the fluoridated hydroxyapatites previously reported.The apparent solubility of fluoridated CO3-apatites and dissolution rate of their pellets in acetate buffer solution at pH4.0 and 37℃ decreased monotonically with the degree of fluoridation in contrast to the unexpected crystallinity phenomena, and were extremely sensitive to acid at low fluoride content.
