PubMed · 403247
Pulp changes after anterior mandibular subapical osteotomy in a primate model.
Abstract
Subapical osteotomy of the anterior mandible was carried out on 10 adult Macaca Irus monkeys with and without open bite. Teeth were extracted at 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks and 1 year after surgery and the pulps examined histologically. No normal pulps were found. Progressive fibrosis and calcification was noted in all teeth. Patent pulp blood vessels were found up to 24 weeks after surgery. Pulp damage to teeth distal to the osteotomy site was found in 50% of cases. Control teeth extracted from the opposing jaw at the same intervals were all found to have normal pulps.
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P Banks. 1977. Pulp changes after anterior mandibular subapical osteotomy in a primate model.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0301-0503(77)80074-x
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