Application of Medical Imaging and 3D Printing Technology in Teaching the Handling of Novel Medicine in Periodontal Surgery.

Recently, fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) agents for periodontal tissue regeneration have been increasingly applied to the treatment of periodontal disease. Our current challenge for resident dentists with little clinical experience is to enhance instruction in the handling of new medicine in addition to teaching conventional procedures in periodontal tissue regeneration. This report describes using case-specific, cost-effective three-dimensional (3D) models for dentists' lectures and periodontal surgical training.

Single shot 3D profilometry by polarization pattern projection.

We demonstrate a uniaxial 3D profilometry system illuminating the sample with a linear polarization pattern and measuring a polarization camera. The linear polarization pattern is generated by a spatial light modulator and a quarter-wave plate in the optical system. The system can measure four different fringe patterns with a phase difference of 90 deg simultaneously in the polarization camera.

Temporal and dynamic changes in gingival blood flow during progression of ligature-induced periodontitis.

Objectives: To evaluate temporal changes in gingival blood flow (GBF) during progression of periodontitis in rats using a laser Doppler flowmeter (LDF) approach and to characterize morphological and biochemical features in the periodontium associated with GBF.

Materials And Methods: Forty-two Wistar rats were divided into a ligature-induced periodontitis group and a control group. To induce periodontitis, ligatures were tied around maxillary first molars bilaterally.

Distribution of glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 1 and neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide mRNAs during formation of the embryonic and postnatal mouse molar in the maxilla.

The neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a well-characterized neurotransmitter. Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 1 (Grik1) has also been demonstrated to generate high-affinity kainate receptors. However, little is known about the roles of CGRP and Grik1 during the developmental formation of teeth.

Distribution of the neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide-α of tooth germ during formation of the mouse mandible.

Calcitonin gene-related peptide-α (CGRPα) is a neurotransmitter that is related to bone formation during development. However, CGRP expression is not well known to affect the formation of teeth during development. During tooth germ development, the relationships among CGRPα, calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR), amelogenin (AMELX), dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP), osteopontin (OPN) and osteocalcin (OCN) are unclear despite various tooth and osteogenesis markers.

Morphological observation and CBCT of the bony canal structure of the groove and the location of blood vessels and nerves in the palatine of elderly human cadavers.

Purpose: The greater and lesser palatine nerves and vessels supply the hard and soft palates, and the roots of these vessels and nerves run through a bony structure. However, the arrangement of blood vessels in the maxilla requires attention during clinical treatments, but detailed morphological information about changes in the greater and lesser palatine arteries and nerves during aging is unavailable. We therefore need detailed investigations of the morphology of the donor cadaver palatine using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and macroscopic observations.

Expression of CGRP, vasculogenesis and osteogenesis associated mRNAs in the developing mouse mandible and tibia.

The neuropeptide Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) is a well-characterized neurotransmitter. However, little is known about the role of CGRP in osteogenesis and vascular genesis during the developmental formation of bone. In the present study, we assessed the abundance of CGRP mRNA and the mRNA of osteogenesis and vascular genesis markers in the foetal mouse mandible and leg bone (tibia).

A Simplified Method for Three-Dimensional (3-D) Ovarian Tissue Culture Yielding Oocytes Competent to Produce Full-Term Offspring in Mice.

In vitro growth of follicles is a promising technology to generate large quantities of competent oocytes from immature follicles and could expand the potential of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Isolated follicle culture is currently the primary method used to develop and mature follicles in vitro. However, this procedure typically requires complicated, time-consuming procedures, as well as destruction of the normal ovarian microenvironment.

A new spin-polarized photoemission spectrometer with very high efficiency and energy resolution.

A new spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectrometer was developed adopting the very-low-energy-electron-diffraction (VLEED)-type spin polarimeter. The Fe(001)p(1x1)-O film grown on MgO(001) crystal for the VLEED target yields significantly high spin-resolving power, the effective Sherman function of 0.40+/-0.