Review Article

Effectiveness and Mechanisms of Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound on Osseointegration of Dental Implants and Biological Functions of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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LIPUS enhanced the osseointegration of dental implant in αCGRP+/+ mice. (a) Tooth extraction and implant placement procedure. The red circles indicate bilateral maxillary first molars. The yellow arrow points to the palatal root socket after tooth extraction. (b) Three-dimensional reconstruction of the implant by microcomputed tomography (micro-CT). The green area indicates implant, and the pink area indicates BIC. . (c) Micro-CT analysis of BIC, BV/TV, Tb.N, and Tb.Sp. Data are presented as . , specimens/group. KO: αCGRP knockout mice; WT: wild type; BIC: bone–implant contact; BV/TV: bone volume/tissue volume fraction; Tb.N: mean trabecular number; Tb.Sp: mean trabecular separation. Reprinted from Jiang et al. [24], Copyright (2020), with permission from Elsevier.
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