Experimental tooth loss affects spatial learning function and blood-brain barrier of mice.

Objective: This study aims to investigate how experimental tooth loss affected learning, memory function, and brain pathophysiology in mice.

Materials And Methods: The mice (C57BL/6 J, 2-month-old, male) were divided into tooth loss and control groups. The behavioral test battery was performed at 6 and 12 months after tooth extraction.

Osteoclastogenesis from bone marrow cells during estrogen-induced medullary bone formation in Japanese quails.

Osteoclasts are differentiated from hematopoietic mononuclear cells by regulation of the receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B (RANK)/receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL)/osteoprotegerin (OPG) system. Medullary bone (MB) that forms in the bone marrow of female birds is remodeled under the control of circulating estrogen (E2) during the laying period. Although the osteoclasts of MB are differentiated from mononuclear cells, the mechanism of osteoclastogenesis is not known.

Association between buccal mucosa ridging and oral feature/symptom and its effects on occlusal function among dentate young adults in a cross-sectional study of Japan.

: The purpose of this study was to assess the distinction in oral features/symptoms and occlusal function between young dentate individuals with and without buccal mucosa ridging (BMR). : This cross-sectional study included 200 young adults. The outcome variable was BMR state.

Effect of attenuation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2b signaling on odontoblast differentiation and dentin formation.

Attenuation of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 2b signaling suppresses the differentiation of oral epithelial stem cells to ameloblasts, their survival and viability remaining unaffected; however, its effect on dentin formation is unknown. This study aimed to clarify the effect of attenuation of FGFR2b signaling on odontoblast differentiation and dentin formation. Initially, we used a murine rtTA transactivator/tetracycline promoter system for inducible and reversible attenuation of FGFR2b signaling in adult mice.

Novel fabrication of porous titanium by a resin-impregnated titanium substitution technique for bone reconstruction.

The purpose of this study was to develop a novel porous titanium material with superior mechanical strength and osteoconduction for bone reconstruction. Porous titanium samples were fabricated by titanium-slurry impregnate to prepare urethane forms with several porosities (high-porosity; 92%, middle-porosity; 85% and low-porosity; 65%). Porous HA (mean porosity; 75.

Preoperative evaluation of bone quality for dental implantation using an ultrasound axial transmission device in an ex vivo model.

This study investigated the clinical utility of an ultrasound axial transmission device in preoperative evaluation of bone quality for dental implantation, by clarifying the relationship between cortical bone speed of sound (cSOS), insertion torque values (ITV), and implant stability quotient (ISQ) in porcine femur bone. Eleven fresh porcine femurs, without soft tissue, were prepared. The cSOS of these bones were measured using the axial transmission device.