title: The early effects of surgical sympathectomy on bone resorption in the rat incisor socket.
abstract: Earlier studies have shown that one week after sympathectomy in the rat, both bone apposition and resorption are significantly altered. Resorption in the incisor socket was now examined 1, 3 and 5 days after surgical sympathectomy. Morphometric analyses indicated that the total resorbing surface, active resorbing surface and number of osteoclasts per socket were increased one day after sympathectomy; the area and length of the bone surface of the socket were not significantly altered. Sympathetic denervation thus affects bone resorption within the first few hours after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kwong-Hing
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Herskovits
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic; D007180:Incisor; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013562:Sympathectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D014081:Tooth Extraction