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Effects of Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency on Periodontal Tissue Adaptation to Spontaneous Tooth Migration

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Essential fatty acids (EFAs) play a significant role in bone metabolism. Herein we studied the adaptation of alveolar bone to physiologic tooth drift in young rats deprived of essential fatty acids from birth. Reductions in femur size and trabecular bone volume reflected body growth impairment. Along the alveolar wall, osteoclastic resorption and bone formation were depressed, disrupting the adaptive deformation of the tooth socket to ongoing migration. As a result, the periodontal ligament narrowed considerably, and further adaptation was achieved through root resorption. Essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD), did not affect precursor recruitment or differentiation in the periodontal ligament (PDL), but caused redistribution of nonspecific-esterase (NSE)–positive osteoclast precursors and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)–positive preosteoclasts between the bone compartment (which was depleted) and the root compartment (which was enriched). EFAD had also a marked effect on the PDL vasculature; the number of vessels was reduced, whereas their size was markedly increased. As a whole, our results show that EFAD disturbs alveolar bone adaptation to drift, but that a reaction (detrimental to root integrity) prevents root collision with the bone surface, thereby preserving the PDL as a source of precursor cells for bone and cementum homeostasis. Moreover, our results confirm that although alveolar bone resorption is arachidonic acid–dependent, the factors activating root resorption are different.

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Vermelin, L., Baroukh, B., Llorens, A. et al. Effects of Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency on Periodontal Tissue Adaptation to Spontaneous Tooth Migration. Calcif Tissue Int 77, 30–36 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-004-0248-0

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