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SUBMITTER: Dai Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5478594 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dai Qinggang Q Zhou Siru S Zhang Peng P Ma Xuhui X Ha Nayong N Yang Xiao X Yu Zhifeng Z Fang Bing B Jiang Lingyong L
Scientific reports 20170620 1
As the number of elderly orthodontic patients increases, the impact of postmenopausal osteoporosis on orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) has attracted a great deal of attention because OTM relies on alveolar bone remodeling. The question of whether OTM causes subsequent alveolar bone loss and is harmful to alveolar bone health under osteoporotic conditions remains to be answered. The present study aimed to clarify the influences of OTM on alveolar bone in osteoporotic rats. OTM was accelerated in ...[more]