Observation of osteoclasts on the root surface during human deciduous teeth resorption / 华西口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe osteoclasts on the resorbing surface of human deciduous teeth.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>After fixing the collected deciduous teeth, we prepared the tooth slices without decalcification, treated them with HE and TRAP dyestuff, and observed the osteoclasts under light and scanning electron microscope.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were large quantity of various forms of overlapping and huge osteoclasts with many nuclei and silk-like protuberances on the resorbing surface of deciduous teeth. The multinucleated osteoclasts align on the surface of coarse dentin.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>On the resorbing surface of human deciduous teeth there are large amount of osteoclasts which can be used as a source of studying human osteoclast.</p>