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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>This study aims to assess the remineralization effect of casein phosphopeptide (CPP)-amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) on enamel demineralization by performing system review of randomized controlled trials (RCT) involving the treatment of enamel demineralization with CPP-ACP.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The study was developed based on the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions (Version 5.1.0) and included the following: search strategy, selection criteria, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment. We searched electronic databases such as PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang and VIP up to September 2016. RCT of treating enamel demineralization with CPP-ACP were included. Data extraction and domain-based risk of bias assessment were independently performed by two reviewers.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Twelve RCTs were included. Because of the difference of experimental design and evaluation standards, the quantitative analysis can not be carried out.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>There is no strong evidence that CPP-ACP is superior to conventional fluoride formulations in enamel remineralization. However, due to the limitations of sample size, follow-up time and study design, more high quality and large-sample RCT are needed to further verify the evidence.</p>
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Tooth eruption is a series of complicated physiological processes occurring once the crown is formed completely, as well as when the tooth moves toward the occasion plane. As such, the tooth moves through the alveolar bone and the oral mucosa until it finally reaches its functional position. Most studies indicate that the process of tooth eruption involves the alveolar bone, dental follicles, osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and multiple cytokines. Dental follicles regulate both resorption and formation of the alveolar bone, which is required for tooth eruption. Furthermore, root formation with periodontal ligament facilitates continuous tooth eruption. However, the exact mechanism underlying tooth eruption remains unclear. Hence, this review describes the recent research progress on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of tooth eruption.
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Humans , Dental Sac , Osteoblasts , Osteoclasts , Periodontal Ligament , Tooth , Tooth Eruption , Physiology , Tooth RootABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the outcome of skeletal Class Ⅲ patients treated with Fränkel function regulator type Ⅲ (FR Ⅲ)in the early mixed and late mixed dentition.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The samples consisted of 45 mild and moderate skeletal Class Ⅲ patients(26 males, 19 females; meanage, [7.9±1.3] years) treated with FR Ⅲ. According to Hellman's dental developmental stages, these samples were divided into early-treated group(n=24) and late-treated group(n=21). Lateral cephalograms were taken at the beginning and the end of treatment. Twenty-one measurements on hard and soft tissue were included.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After treatment, SNA, ANB, NA-Apo, Wits, U1-SN, U1-NA, Overjet, UL-EP were significantly increased (1.0±1.9)°, (1.2±1.6)°, (2.6±4.2)°, (1.8±2.7) mm, (4.2±7.6)°, (2.6±7.5)°, (3.6±2.3) mm and (0.8±2.2) mm(P<0.05). OP-SN and IMPA were significantly decreased (1.5±3.7)°and (1.4±4.2)°(P<0.05). There were significant differences in SNA, ANB, UL-EP, IMPA, L1-NB between early-treated group and late-treated group(P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>FR Ⅲ was suitable for the treatment of mild and moderate skeletal Class Ⅲ patients. The result was better in the early-treated patients than in late-treated ones.</p>