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English: Diagram of demineralization and remineralization of dental enamel in the presence of acid and fluoride in saliva and plaque fluid. Acid is produced by bacteria in plaque fluid that consume sugar; this in turn partially dissolves (demineralizes) the enamel's carbonated hydroxyapatite crystals. Fluoride in plaque fluid counteracts this process, causing the enamel to remineralize with a surface coating of a fluoroapatite-like substance, which is harder to dissolve.
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current08:22, 15 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 08:22, 15 March 2010744 × 1,052 (14 KB)Eubulides (talk | contribs)Try again, since the Wikimedia software apparently renders the previous SVG in a bad way.
08:19, 15 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 08:19, 15 March 2010744 × 1,052 (14 KB)Eubulides (talk | contribs)Spell it "fluorapatite", not "fluoroapatite". Both spellings are valid in English, but the former is more common.
15:08, 25 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 15:08, 25 May 2009744 × 1,052 (14 KB)Eubulides (talk | contribs)Don't use Inkscape's arrowheads, to work around bug/incompatibility with Wikipedia's renderer.
23:35, 24 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 23:35, 24 May 2009744 × 1,052 (13 KB)Eubulides (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information |Description= {{en|Diagram of demineralization and remineralization of dental enamel in the presence of acid and fluoride in saliva and plaque fluid. Acid is produced by bacteria in saliva that consume sugar; this in turn parti

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