Abstract
Calcium and phosphate are important components of your teeth and bones. Proper incorporation of calcium and phosphate into teeth and bones is called mineralization. If there is too much calcium or phosphate in your blood stream, your body keeps mineralization under control with a protein called fetuin-A. Fetuin-A accompanies calcium and phosphate as they travel through the blood stream, preventing dangerous mineralization from happening in other bodily tissues and helping the excess calcium and phosphate to leave the body through the kidneys.
Highlights
AGE: Calcium and phosphate are important components of your teeth and bones
Excess calcium and phosphate that are not needed for growth are eliminated from the body with the help of kidneys
Mineralization is a proper incorporation of calcium and phosphate into teeth and bones, making them hard and strong
Summary
Teeth are special tissues because they become hardened during development. That is good, because we can use them to chew. The only other hard tissue in the body is the bone. The most important hardening substances are calcium and phosphate. Calcium and phosphate enter the blood stream and travel throughout the body. Teeth and bones are one of the important destinations for calcium and phosphate. Excess calcium and phosphate that are not needed for growth are eliminated from the body with the help of kidneys. Salt crystals of table salt, diamonds in jewelry, pebbles in the garden are minerals. They had been formed during a long time by accumulation of certain molecules. Apatite is a mineral containg calcium and phosphate. Mineralization is a proper incorporation of calcium and phosphate into teeth and bones, making them hard and strong
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