Characterization of biomimetic calcium phosphate labeled with fluorescent dextran for quantification of osteoclastic activity. Salwa M. Maria 1,2 , Christiane Prukner 3 , Zeeshan Sheikh 1 , Frank Mueller 3 , Svetlana V. Komarova 1,2 , Jake. E. Barralet 1,4 1 Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Canada, 2 Shriners Hospital for Children-Canada, Montreal, Canada, 3 Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, 4 Orthopaedics Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Corresponding author: Jake. E. Barralet, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G IA6, Telephone: 514-398-3908