[Dynamics of bone by mechanical load].
The jaw bone receive complicated forces not only through the muscles, but through the teeth directly. Therefore, it is thought that the morphology of the trabecular bone in jaw is greatly effected by the teeth. The structures of the trabecular bone are constructed in order to support the teeth. With loss of the teeth, both width and volume of the trabecular bone are reduced and the trabecular bone run in the irregular course. Consequently, these findings suggested that mechanical forces change to the structures of trabeculare in jaw bone.
Hara
Toshihiro
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Tokyo Dental College, Department of Anatomy.
Ide
Yoshinobu
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