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??There are many oral factors causing the defect and loss of alveolar bone??including the damage of alveolar surgery??the alveolar bone absorption after tooth extraction??the odontogenic inflammation and dental trauma??mandible cysts and tumors. The dental trauma and odontogenic inflammation are the most common factors which cause the alveolar bone defect and loss. This article will analyze the reasons and prevention of the dental trauma and odontogenic inflammation which cause the loss of alveolar bone and describe the methods of dealing with the defect and loss of alveolar bone.     

Melatonin improves bone mineral density at the femoral neck in postmenopausal women with osteopenia: a randomized controlled trial

Melatonin is known for its regulation of circadian rhythm. Recently, studies have shown that melatonin may have a positive effect on the skeleton. By increasing age, the melatonin levels decrease, which may lead to a further imbalanced bone remodeling. We aimed to investigate whether treatment with melatonin could improve bone mass and integrity in humans. In a double‐blind RCT, we randomized 81 postmenopausal osteopenic women to 1‐yr nightly treatment with melatonin 1 mg (N = 20), 3 mg (N = 20), or placebo (N = 41). At baseline and after 1‐yr treatment, we measured bone mineral density (BMD) by dual X‐ray absorptiometry, quantitative computed tomography (QCT), and high‐resolution peripheral QCT (HR‐pQCT) and determined calciotropic hormones and bone markers. Mean age of the study subjects was 63 (range 56–73) yr. Compared to placebo, femoral neck BMD increased by 1.4% in response to melatonin (P < 0.05) in a dose‐dependent manner (P < 0.01), as BMD increased by 0.5% in the 1 mg/day group (P = 0.55) and by 2.3% (P < 0.01) in the 3 mg/day group. In the melatonin group, trabecular thickness in tibia increased by 2.2% (P = 0.04), and volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) in the spine, by 3.6% (P = 0.04) in the 3 mg/day. Treatment did not significantly affect BMD at other sites or levels of bone turnover markers; however, 24‐hr urinary calcium was decreased in response to melatonin by 12.2% (P = 0.02). In conclusion, 1‐yr treatment with melatonin increased BMD at femoral neck in a dose‐dependent manner, while high‐dose melatonin increased vBMD in the spine. Further studies are needed to assess the mechanisms of action and whether the positive effect of nighttime melatonin will protect against fractures.     

High-magnitude mechanical strain inhibits the differentiation of bone-forming rat calvarial progenitor cells

Purpose: Orthodontic tooth movement occurs during the bone remodeling induced by therapeutic mechanical strain. It is important to investigate the relation between the strength of mechanical stress and bone formation activity. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of high-magnitude mechanical strain on bone formation in detail.

Materials and methods: Osteoblast-like cells isolated from fetal rat calvariae were loaded with 18% cyclic tension force (TF) for 48?h. To phenotypically investigate the effect of TF, we measured the number and the size of bone nodules stained by von Kossa technique on day 21 after cell seeding and determined the calcium content of bone nodules on day 14. Furthermore, we examined the gene expression of BMP-2, Runx2 and Msx2, which are important factors for bone nodule formation, on days 1, 4 and 7 after TF loading.

Results: The maximum bone nodule size in the control group was 1620 and 719?μm in the TF group. Furthermore, the mean number of bone nodules sized over 360?μm in the TF group was significantly decreased compared to the control group. The calcium content was also significantly decreased to 42% by TF loading. The mRNA expression of BMP-2, Runx2 and Msx2 was decreased 1 and 4 days after TF loading.

Conclusion: The differentiation of bone forming progenitor cells into bone nodule forming cells was inhibited by TF due to the decreased expression of bone formation related factors such as BMP-2, Runx2 and Msx2.     

A delivery system specifically approaching bone resorption surfaces to facilitate therapeutic modulation of microRNAs in osteoclasts

Dysregulated microRNAs in osteoclasts could cause many skeletal diseases. The therapeutic manipulation of these pathogenic microRNAs necessitates novel, efficient delivery systems to facilitate microRNAs modulators targeting osteoclasts with minimal off-target effects. Bone resorption surfaces characterized by highly crystallized hydroxyapatite are dominantly occupied by osteoclasts. Considering that the eight repeating sequences of aspartate (D-Asp₈) could preferably bind to highly crystallized hydroxyapatite, we developed a targeting system by conjugating D-Asp₈ peptide with liposome for delivering microRNA modulators specifically to bone resorption surfaces and subsequently encapsulated antagomir-148a (a microRNA modulator suppressing the osteoclastogenic miR-148a), i.e. (D-Asp₈)-liposome-antagomir-148a. Our results demonstrated that D-Asp₈ could facilitate the enrichment of antagomir-148a and the subsequent down-regulation of miR-148a in osteoclasts in vivo, resulting in reduced bone resorption and attenuated deterioration of trabecular architecture in osteoporotic mice. Mechanistically, the osteoclast-targeted delivery depended on the interaction between bone resorption surfaces and D-Asp₈. No detectable liver and kidney toxicity was found in mice after single/multiple dose(s) treatment of (D-Asp₈)-liposome-antagomir-148a. These results indicated that (D-Asp₈)-liposome as a promising osteoclast-targeting delivery system could facilitate clinical translation of microRNA modulators in treating those osteoclast-dysfunction-induced skeletal diseases.     

血清Asprosin水平与绝经后女性骨密度、平衡能力和骨折发生率的相关性

目的探讨血清Asprosin(白脂素)水平与绝经后女性骨密度(bone mineral density,BMD)、平衡能力和骨折发生率的相关性。方法回顾性分析海南医学院第一附属医院收治的164例绝经后女性骨质疏松症(osteoporosis,OP)患者的临床资料。记录患者一般临床资料以及骨折发生率、髋部骨密度、平衡指数评分(BIS),前后比(FBR)和左右比例(RLR)。分析白脂素与BMD、BIS、FBR、RLR以及骨折发生率的相关性。结果非骨折组血清白脂素水平为(3.56±0.54)pg/mL,骨折组血清白脂素水平为(6.56±1.01)pg/mL,两组血清白脂素水平比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);Spearman试验结果显示,白脂素与BIS、FBR和RLR及BMD呈负相关(P<0.05);白脂素与年龄(r=0.384)、身高(r=0.343)、体质量指数(r=0.181)和髋部BMD显著相关(r=0.387),但与体重无显著相关性(r=0.022,P>0.05)。Logistic回归分析与线性回归分析显示,髋部BMD、身高、年龄和体质量指数是影响白脂素的独立因素。结论白脂素可能是绝经后女性出现骨密度降低和平衡能力下降及出现骨折的危险因子,与髋部BMD、身高、年龄和体质量指数密切相关。     

从骨免疫学到骨微生物学：肠道微生物如何调节骨骼

肠道微生物群被称为人体的第二个基因库,在维持人体平衡中起主要作用。不良饮食习惯、抗生素滥用、病理状态和生活环境改变会对肠道菌群产生负面影响,以引起多种疾病。最新研究发现肠道微生物群与骨质疏松症之间有着密切的联系,同时引入了一个新术语"骨微生物学",该研究领域旨在弥合骨骼生理学、胃肠病学、免疫学和微生物学之间的差距。本文简要介绍了肠道菌群通过免疫系统、新陈代谢和内分泌环境以及其他因素影响骨代谢的潜在机制,通过研究肠道菌群与骨骼健康之间的关系,不仅对于维持骨骼健康和最大程度地减少骨质疏松症很重要,而且对于肠道微生物群是否可作为骨质疏松症新型治疗靶标以及是否可用作骨折预测的生物标志物方面具有重要意义。