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New findings reported from University of Alabama describe advances in oral biology

Published in AIDS Weekly, June 8th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "Vitamin D plays an important role in the bone mineralization process. Enamel and dentin are two mineralized tissues of different origins that combine to form teeth, but the mechanism by which vitamin D regulates these tissues remains unclear."

"We hypothesized that vitamin D affects enamel and dentin mineralization through different mechanisms. To examine enamel and dentin mineralization in a vitamin D receptor (VDR) deficient mouse model by micro-computerized tomography (micro-CT) and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). VDR wild type mice (VDR+/+) and VDR deficient (VDR-/-) littermates were sacrificed at 70.5 days...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-06-08)

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