Sodium fluoride lacks mitogenic activity for fetal human bone cells in vitro.

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Sodium fluoride has been shown to be effective therapy for some patients with vertebral osteoporosis. Data from histomorphometric studies in patients and animals suggest that at least part of this effect may be a consequence of a proliferative effect of fluoride, either direct or indirect, on the osteoblast or on an osteoblastic precursor cell. Experiments with osteoblastic cells derived from embryonic chick...

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