Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1985

Bone-Seeking Radiopharmaceutical Uptake
as an Indicator of Mandibular Growth in Rats

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Page Range: 336 – 344
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1985)055<0336:BRU>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

Uptake of a bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical is correlated with growth changes in the rat mandible. Uptake was highest in newborn rats, decreasing with increasing age.

Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Dr. Cisneros is Assistant Professor and Director of Orthodontics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Einstein Medical Center in New York City. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Oral Biology from Harvard University, D.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and Certificate in Orthodontics-Pediatric Dentistry from Harvard University

Dr. Jeffcoat is Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Director of Postdoctoral Education, Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She is a Dental graduate (D.M.D.) of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and holds a Certificate in Periodontology from the same institution

Dr. Kaban is Professor and Chairman of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. He holds the D.M.D. and M.D. degrees

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