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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) play a significant role in bone metabolism. Herein we studied the adaptation of alveolar bone to physiologic tooth drift in young rats deprived of essential fatty acids from birth. Reductions in femur size and trabecular bone volume reflected body growth impairment. Along the alveolar wall, osteoclastic resorption and bone formation were depressed, disrupting the adaptive deformation of the tooth socket to ongoing migration. As a result, the periodontal ligament narrowed considerably, and further adaptation was achieved through root resorption. Essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD), did not affect precursor recruitment or differentiation in the periodontal ligament (PDL), but caused redistribution of nonspecific-esterase (NSE)-positive osteoclast precursors and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)-positive pre-osteoclasts between the bone compartment (which was depleted) and the root compartment (which was enriched). EFAD had also a marked effect on the PDL vasculature; the number of vessels was reduced, whereas their size was markedly increased. As a whole, our results show that EFAD disturbs alveolar bone adaptation to drift, but that a reaction (detrimental to root integrity) prevents root collision with the bone surface, thereby preserving the PDL as a source of precursor cells for bone and cementum homeostasis. Moreover, our results confirm that although alveolar bone resorption is arachidonic acid-dependent, the factors activating root resorption are different.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0171-967X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
30-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of essential fatty acid deficiency on periodontal tissue adaptation to spontaneous tooth migration.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiopathologie Crânio-Faciales EA 2496, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université René Descartes Paris-5, 1 rue M. Arnoux, 92120 Montrouge, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article