Rehabilitation of masticatory function improves the alveolar bone architecture of the mandible in adult rats

• Published in: Bone (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 687 - 692
• Main Authors: Mavropoulos, Anestis, Ödman, Anna, Ammann, Patrick, Kiliaridis, Stavros
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 01.09.2010
• Subjects: Alveolar Process - anatomy & histology; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; bite force; Bone Density - physiology; computed-tomography; demands; Dentistry; Diet; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; growing-rats; Male; Mandible - anatomy & histology; Mastication - physiology; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; morphometric-analysis; muscle; occlusal forces; Odontologi; orthognathic surgery; Orthopedics; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Rehabilitation; tooth eruption; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Bone mechanotransduction; Trabecular architecture; Masticatory function; Mechanical strain; Alveolar bone; Human; Mandible; Rat; Rodentia; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Animal; Morphology; Adult; Mechanotransduction; Rehabilitation

Abstract Masticatory functional changes have been shown to influence the quantity and quality of the alveolar bone during growth. This study was designed to investigate the effect of masticatory function rehabilitation on the morphology and the trabecular architecture of the mandibular alveolar bone...