Albumin protein is present in developing teeth of several species. Oligomer primers and cRNA probes specific for albumin were designed to perform RT-PCR, and for in situ hybridization, respectively. In situ hybridization failed to reveal albumin expression in any tooth cells, however, albumin PCR products were amplified from tissues adhering to the roots of developing teeth from four-week-old m...

Thimios A. Mitsiadis1,2, Marie-Laurence Mucchielli1, Expression of the Sylva Raffo2, Jean-Pierre Proust2, Peter Koopman3 and Christo Goridis1 transcription factors Otlx2, 1Laboratoire de Génétique et Physiologie du Développement, IBDM, Campus de Luminy case 907, 2IMEB EA 2198, Faculté Barx1 and Sox9 during d’Odontologie, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseilles, France, and 3Centre for Molecul...

Comparative morphological and developmental studies, including a recent comparative study of tooth development among the Afrotherian mammals, are indicating the types of genetic mechanisms responsible for the evolution of morphological differences among major mammalian groups.

Oral health is a reflection of systemic health. The various nutritional deficiencies not only affect the but also have an impact on oral prevalence Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) rampant globally. (VD) essential for skeletal growth during childhood and adulthood has great tissues odontogenesis. VDD several implications from to adulthood. VD can negatively influence mother child supplementation brin...

The interrelationships among five measures of physiologic maturity for 50 French-Canadian girls are evaluated--menarche, peak height velocity (PHV), 75% skeletal maturity, appearance of the ulnar sesamoid, and 90% dental development. The mean ages of occurrence of the events differed significantly (P less than 0.01). Menarche and 90% dental maturity showed the least variability. Ages of PHV, me...

EVOLUTION Correction for “Heterochronic truncation of odontogenesis in theropod dinosaurs provides insight into the macroevolution of avian beaks,” by Shuo Wang, Josef Stiegler, Ping Wu, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Dongyu Hu, Amy Balanoff, Yachun Zhou, and Xing Xu, which was first published September 25, 2017; 10.1073/ pnas.1708023114 (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114:10930–10935). The authors note that Fig. ...