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ANGLE ORTHODONTIST
Volume 87, Issue 3, Pages 416-422Publisher
E H ANGLE EDUCATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC
DOI: 10.2319/071116-541.1
Keywords
Root resorption; Orthodontic tooth movement; Cell death; Apoptosis; Cementocyte
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan [25293421, 16K20651]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16K20651, 25293421] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Objective: To clarify the mechanism of root resorption during orthodontic treatment, we examined cementocyte cell death and root resorption in the cellular cementum on the pressure side during experimental tooth movement. Materials and Methods: Using 8-week-old male Wistar rats, the right first molar was pushed mesiobuccally with a force of 40 g by a Ni-Ti alloy wire while the contralateral first molar was used as a control. Localization and number of cleaved caspase-3-positive and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) -positive cells were evaluated using dual-label immunohistochemistry with anticleaved caspase-3 and anti-ssDNA antibodies. In addition, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)positive cells in the cellular cementum were evaluated using TRAP histochemical staining. Results: Caspase-3- and ssDNA-positive cells appeared at 12 hours, but were restricted to the compressed periodontal ligament (PDL) and not the cellular cementum. Cleaved caspase-3-positive cementocytes were observed in the cellular cementum adjacent to the compressed PDL on day 1. From days 2 to 4, the number of caspase-3- and ssDNA-positive cementocytes increased. TRAP-positive cells appeared on the cellular cementum at the periphery of the hyalinized tissue on day 7, and resorption progressed into the broad surface of the cementum by day 14. Conclusion: Cementocytes adjacent to the hyalinized tissue underwent apoptotic cell death during orthodontic tooth movement, which might have been associated with subsequent root resorption.
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