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The European Journal of Orthodontics 2008 30(3):299-306; doi:10.1093/ejo/cjn020
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Mechanobiology of tooth movement

S. Henneman, J. W. Von den Hoff and J. C. Maltha

Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Address for correspondence J. W. Von den Hoff, Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 309 Tandheelkunde, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands, E-mail:h.vondenhoff{at}dent.umcn.nl


  Abstract

This review describes the mechanical and biological signalling pathways during orthodontic tooth movement and provides an update of the current literature. A theoretical model is introduced to elucidate the complex cascade of events after the application of an orthodontic force to a tooth. In this model, the events are divided into four stages: matrix strain and fluid flow, cell strain, cell activation and differentiation, and remodelling. Each stage is explained in detail and discussed using recent literature.


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