The Effects Of Osteoporosis On Bone Remodeling During Orthodontic Tooth Movement

Orthodontics is the art based on science---the consolidation of the art and science. Orthodontists ,as the persons who grasp this kind of art, take the "force" as the tool to create artworks. Orthodontists use many kinds of apparatus to create particular orthodontic force in a deliberate way. These kinds of forces are transmitted to periodontal tissues leading to bone remodeling and resulting in controlled tooth movement. Osteoclasts are the principle bone-resorbing cells, and their activity has a profound impact on bone remodeling and act as a key regulator of both the rate and magnitude of tooth movement.With the development of economic and social situation of Chinese people, both patients and doctors think more highly of delicate and individual treatments. The amount of elder people seeking for orthodontic treatment for prothet or esthetic purpose has becoming more and more. Unfortunately many adult people suffered from periodontitis or osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is the most popular bone remodeling disease especially osteoporosis in aged women after menopause. So what happens in orthodontic bone remodeling came into the orthodontists' eyesight under such special circumstance.The recent identification of the receptor activator of nuclear factor kB ligand(RANKL), its cognate receptor RANK, and its decoy receptor...