Polylactic acid (PLA) root replica in ridge maintenance after loss of a vertically fractured incisor

Abstract A periodontally affected tooth was prepared for a special treatment: Calcium hydroxide was introduced into the apical half of the root canal whereas its cervical part was filled with glass ionomer cement. The tooth was shortened subgingivally. After 6 weeks of epithelization over the residual root a palatal full-thickness flap was mobilized. The root was carefully extracted and chairside copy-milled from the biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) material. The PLA-replica was implanted immediately into the socket and the flap was sutured. Aim of the treatment was to prevent the ridge collapse of the extraction area. Ridge height could be preserved during the 21 months of observation. With time the radiographic density of the cancellous bone increased in the implanted area, indicating that a PLA-replica is replaced by host's bone tissue.     

百草枯所致大鼠弥漫性肺损伤的病理特点

作者选用ＳＤ大鼠进行腹腔内一次性注入百草枯２５ｍｇ／ｋｇ后，在７个不同时间点观察其肺病理组织和超微结构改变。结果显示：百草枯可引起弥漫性毛细血管内皮细胞和肺泡１型上皮细胞为主的整层气一血屏障结构的损害，主要表现为肺泡水肿、出血、透明膜形成和（或）程度不等的肺泡炎，当损伤不能完全修复时则局部终结为纤维化。     

The incomplete inactivation of Fgf8 in the limb ectoderm affects the morphogenesis of the anterior autopod through BMP-mediated cell death.

Here we analyze limb development after the conditional inactivation of Fgf8 from the epiblast, using the previously described MORE (Mox2Cre) line. This line drives variable mosaic recombination of a floxed Fgf8 allele, resulting in a small proportion of AER cells that maintain Fgf8 expression. The phenotype of Mox2Cre;Fgf8 limbs is most similar to that of Msx2Cre;Fgf8 forelimbs, indicating that a small but durable expression of FGF8 is equivalent to an early normal, but transitory, expression. This functional equivalence likely relies on the subsequent Fgf4 upregulation that buffers the differences in the pattern of Fgf8 expression between the two conditional mutants. The molecular analysis of Mox2Cre;Fgf8 limbs shows that, despite Fgf4 upregulation, they develop under reduced FGF signaling. These limbs also exhibit an abnormal area of cell death at the anterior forelimb autopod, overlapping with an ectopic domain of Bmp7 expression, which can explain the abnormal morphogenesis of the anterior autopod.     

应用内置钛镍记忆合金牵张器在下颌骨牵张成骨的初步研究

目的　探索利用钛镍记忆合金牵张成骨增高下颌牙槽嵴和修复下颌骨节段性缺损的可行性。方法　 2 0只成年杂种犬分为 5组 ,Ⅰ组和Ⅱ组进行牵引成骨增高下颌骨牙槽嵴 ,Ⅲ组和Ⅳ组进行牵引成骨修复下颌骨缺损 ,Ⅴ组作为对照。牵引成骨用自行设计制作的内置型钛镍合金牵张器 ,在牵张手术前及术后 1、5、13周拍X线片 ,分别在牵张完成后 1、3个月处死动物 ,进行组织学研究。结果　钛镍牵张器显示了良好的组织相容性 ,自动完成牵引骨形成 ,牵张器安置完成后骨块即开始移动 ,X线片可见牵张完成后 1个月牵张区骨密度增高 ,有新骨生成 ;3个月时新生骨密度与周围骨接近 ,有效地增加了牙槽嵴的高度和初步修复了下颌骨的节段性缺损。组织学观察可见牵张区新骨形成良好。结论　内置自加载钛镍记忆合金牵张器自动牵引成骨是一种具有良好应用前景的简便实用的牵引成骨技术。     

钛镍记忆合金牵张器牵张增高牙槽嵴的动态研究

目的:通过对犬牵张手术后的下颌牙槽嵴高度、骨密度和组织学变化进行动态研究,了解应用钛镍记忆合金牵张器牵张成骨增高牙槽嵴的变化规律。方法:牵张增高牙槽嵴的15只犬于术前、术后1周、5周、3个月、6个月分别测量术区及对照侧相应位置颌骨高度,拍X线片,取牵张区及对照侧相同区域骨块进行双能X线骨密度测量并进行组织学研究。结果:牙槽嵴增高高度在牵张术后1、3、6个月分别减少5%、8%、11%。牵张术后3个月,牵张区骨密度低于对照侧;6个月,与对照侧的差异无显著性。结论:使用TiN i-SMA牵张器增高牙槽嵴成骨迅速,再吸收程度较低,成骨形态满意。牵张成的新骨有足够的强度,可以满足种植等后期修复的要求。     

Automatic Actin Filament Quantification of Osteoblasts and Their Morphometric Analysis on Microtextured Silicon-Titanium Arrays

Microtexturing of implant surfaces is of major relevance in the endeavor to improve biorelevant implant designs. In order to elucidate the role of biomaterial’s topography on cell physiology, obtaining quantitative correlations between cellular behavior and distinct microarchitectural properties is in great demand. Until now, the microscopically observed reorganization of the cytoskeleton on structured biomaterials has been difficult to convert into data. We used geometrically microtextured silicon-titanium arrays as a model system. Samples were prepared by deep reactive-ion etching of silicon wafers, resulting in rectangular grooves (width and height: 2 µm) and cubic pillars (pillar dimensions: 2 × 2 × 5 and 5 × 5 × 5 µm); finally sputter-coated with 100 nm titanium. We focused on the morphometric analysis of MG-63 osteoblasts, including a quantification of the actin cytoskeleton. By means of our novel software FilaQuant, especially developed for automatic actin filament recognition, we were first able to quantify the alterations of the actin network dependent on the microtexture of a material surface. The cells’ actin fibers were significantly reduced in length on the pillared surfaces versus the grooved array (4–5 fold) and completely reorganized on the micropillars, but without altering the orientation of cells. Our morpho-functional approach opens new possibilities for the data correlation of cell-material interactions.