Archives of oral biology
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Archives of oral biology · Oct 2003
Connective tissue growth factor expressed in rat alveolar bone regeneration sites after tooth extraction.
To understand bone regeneration process after tooth extraction could be a clue to develop a new strategy for alveolar bone reconstruction. Recently, accumulated evidences support that connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is implicated in tissue repair of many tissues. In this study, we investigated the spatial and temporal expression of CTGF in the rat tooth extraction sockets. ⋯ CTGF was expressed at early healing stage of the rat tooth extraction wound.