Controlled Release of Osteoprotegerin: A Promising Additional Option for the Treatment of Apical Periodontitis with Intractable Periradicular Lesion

• Main Authors: Hong Wu (Author), Ping Wang (Author), Li-An Wud (Author), Fa-Ming Chene (Author), Fan Lu (Author), Xin-Jia Sha (Author), Han-Tang Sun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: It often takes a relatively long period for a tooth with a large periradicular lesion to recover from bone destruc-tion; therefore, it is necessary to develop additional approaches to serve as supplementary options to RCT. One possibility is to prevent the osteoclast-induced periapical...