Editor's Note: A few years ago there were no calcium phosphate products to be had and now they seem to be everywhere and in every form. It's confusing, and our October report sorting out these ...

The human body has sophisticated defenses against the deposition of calcium minerals that stiffen heart tissues, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at UCLA ...

Most calcium phosphates are classified as resorbable biomaterials. This means that under physiological conditions they will dissolve. The benefit of calcium phosphate biomaterials is that the ...

Hydroxyapatite (HAP) toothpaste is a dental product that contains manufactured calcium phosphate. Calcium and phosphate are minerals that form 95% of tooth enamel and 70% of bones. NASA developed HAP ...

Your body uses hydroxyapatite to build and strengthen bones and teeth. Hydroxyapatite is a type of calcium phosphate. Calcification (calcinosis) occurs when abnormal amounts of calcium phosphate are ...