Periodontal regeneration: Lessons from the periodontal ligament-cementum junction in diverse animal models
The attachment of the roots of mammalian teeth of limited eruption to the jawbone is reliant in part on the mineralization of collagen fibrils of the periodontal ligament (PDL) at their entry into bone and cementum as Sharpey's fibers. In periodontitis, a high prevalence infection of periodonta...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Dental Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdmed.2023.1124968/full |