Article
Storage conditions of avulsed teeth affect the phenotype of cultured human periodontal ligament cells.
Journal of periodontal research - 1 Feb 2000
Lin D G, Kenny D J, Barrett E J, Lekic P, McCulloch C A
Abstract excerpt
After severe injury to the periodontal ligament (PL), the phenotypes of cells recolonizing root surfaces influence the extent and type of repair processes. In teeth that are replanted following avulsion injury, recolonization of the PL space by osteogenic cells instead of by PL fibroblasts may favor bone formation (i.e. ankylosis) instead of PL regeneration. We consider here that recolonization processes depend...
Topics
- Actins
- Adolescent
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Collagen
- Desiccation
- Fibroblasts
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Osteoblasts
