Isolation and partial sequencing of cDNA clones from rat incisor after Nd:YAG laser irradiation in root canal.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the genes expressed in odontoblast-like cells and related to osteodentin production of pulp cells in vivo during the repair process.

Methods: A pulsed Nd:YAG laser was irradiated in mandibular incisors of rats at 2 W and 20 pulses/s for 5 s. We constructed a unidirectional cDNA library from the non-calcified portion of irradiated incisors, sequenced cDNA clones and classified their sequences by homology search through the GenBank database.

An immunohistochemical study of the effects of pulsed neodymium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet laser irradiation in root canals on the eruption of rat incisors.

The incisors of 21 Wistar rats were transected, pulp tissue was extirpated for 10mm from the level of the gingival margin and each canal was prepared with files. The fibre tip of a pulsed neodymium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet laser was inserted into the root canal for 10mm and laser irradiation delivered at 2 W and 20 pulses/s for 10s. After 6 weeks the mandibles were removed and sectioned.

A histochemical study of the regeneration process after injury by pulsed Nd:YAG laser irradiation of root canals.

Histological changes of rat dental pulp cells were followed after injury. The regeneration process after 3, 6 and 10 days was monitored. Mandibular incisors were irradiated with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 2 W and 20 pulses per sec (pps) for 5 sec and the pulp was examined histologically and immunohistochemically for TGF-beta1.