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Hydroxyapatite Is in Teeth and Bones Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is a natural mineral found in human teeth and bones, produced by cells called osteoblasts, which concentrate calcium and phosphate to grow and maintain our skeletal system.
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Nicotine can tank your health in myriad ways, but one of them is preventing osteoblasts, or your bone-building cells, from doing their job.
—Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 June 2025
By feeding it urea extracted from human urine, the yeast initiates a biochemical chain reaction that results in the secretion of crystalline hydroxyapatite, just like osteoblasts do.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Your bone mass, too, tends to decline with age; creatine could also bolster bone health by stimulating osteoblasts, cells that repair and build bone.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 28 May 2025
In both men and women, these hormones help to increase the activity of osteoblasts.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
In particular, a joint study by Creighton University in Nebraska and the University of Miami, Florida, found that caffeine reduced the expression of vitamin D receptors on osteoblasts—the cells in our bodies responsible for producing bone.
—Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2025
Bone formation is coupled with bone resorption, as osteoblasts build bone at the same rate that osteoclasts resorb bone.
—Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
The disease occurs when there's an imbalance between a person's osteoblasts – which are bone-building cells – and their osteoclasts, which are bone-degrading cells.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Nicotine can tank your health in myriad ways, but one of them is preventing osteoblasts, or your bone-building cells, from doing their job.
—Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 June 2025
By feeding it urea extracted from human urine, the yeast initiates a biochemical chain reaction that results in the secretion of crystalline hydroxyapatite, just like osteoblasts do.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Your bone mass, too, tends to decline with age; creatine could also bolster bone health by stimulating osteoblasts, cells that repair and build bone.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 28 May 2025
In both men and women, these hormones help to increase the activity of osteoblasts.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
In particular, a joint study by Creighton University in Nebraska and the University of Miami, Florida, found that caffeine reduced the expression of vitamin D receptors on osteoblasts—the cells in our bodies responsible for producing bone.
—Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2025
Bone formation is coupled with bone resorption, as osteoblasts build bone at the same rate that osteoclasts resorb bone.
—Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
The disease occurs when there's an imbalance between a person's osteoblasts – which are bone-building cells – and their osteoclasts, which are bone-degrading cells.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Osteoblast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/osteoblast. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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osteoblast
noun
os·te·o·blast
ˈäs-tē-ə-ˌblast 
: a cell that forms bone
Medical Definition
osteoblast
noun
os·teo·blast
ˈäs-tē-ə-ˌblast
: a bone-forming cell
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