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Collagen Resorption by Periodontal Ligament Fibroblasts at the Hard Tissue‐Ligament Interfaces of the Mouse Periodontium
Author(s) -
Deporter D. A.,
Cate A. R. Ten
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1980.51.8.429
Subject(s) - periodontal fiber , cementum , periodontium , cementogenesis , ligament , resorption , chemistry , anatomy , dental alveolus , collagen fibril , clinical attachment loss , dentistry , pathology , periodontitis , medicine , dentin
E lectron microscopic examination of the periodontal ligament of the mouse molar at the ligament‐cementum and ligament‐bone interfaces revealed fibroblasts apparently engaged in the severing and phagocytosis of ligament collagen fibrils originally anchored to bone or cementum as “Sharpey's fibers”.