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<journal-id>1405-888X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[TIP. Revista especializada en ciencias químico-biológicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[TIP]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-888X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-888X2006000200090</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La hidroxiapatita, su importancia en los tejidos mineralizados y su aplicación biomédica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Hydroxyapatite, relevance in mineral tissues and biomedical aplications]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[García-Garduño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Margarita Victoria]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Reyes-Gasga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Instituto de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México, D.F ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Odontología División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México, D.F ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2006</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>9</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>90</fpage>
<lpage>95</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-888X2006000200090&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-888X2006000200090&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-888X2006000200090&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La hidroxiapatita en los tejidos mineralizados reviste una gran importancia ya que se ha demostrado que es un material biocompatible, con aplicación biomédica en Odontología, Ortopedia y Cirugía Máxilofacial. Es el cristal principal de huesos y dientes ya que les confiere su dureza característica y, acompañado por la colágena, los huesos presentan determinada elasticidad. En la naturaleza se le encuentra formando parte de rocas metamórficas. En los tejidos vivos, la hidroxiapatita y sus precursores están organizados en diferentes grupos animales como los corales, estrellas de mar, etc. Como biomaterial se realizan investigaciones para determinar sus formas óptimas de aplicación, ya que la hidroxiapatita de diferentes orígenes da resultados distintos, y como biomaterial constituye un reto en la investigación ya que no se descarta que por los avances en medicina genómica pueda contribuir a reconstruir órganos a partir de células madre. En este trabajo se revisa y analiza las propiedades físicas, químicas y de biocompatibilidad de la hidroxiapatita a través de las investigaciones reportadas en el tema y los trabajos publicados por los autores en el campo del esmalte dental humano.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The hydroxyapatite is an important structural component of mineral tissues and a great deal for researchers because its biocompatibility, which have biomedical applications in Dentistry, Orthopedics, and Maxillofacial Chirurgie. Hydroxyapatite is the main crystal of hard tissues, bone and teeth. There are many experimental investigations on this crystal that includes its nucleation, growth, and morphology, and thermodynamics behavior. In nature it is found in sedimentary rocks. As biomaterial, hydroxyapatite and its precursors are synthesized from sea shells, and corals. Hydroxyapatite has many perspectives in medicine and it will be an important element for the medicine genomic. In this work we review and go trough the study of hydroxyapatite given an example of its analysis in the field of human tooth enamel.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hidroxiapatita]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Biomaterials]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[human tooth enamel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hydroxyapatite]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[precursors]]></kwd>
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