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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matrix Biol. 2009 Feb 12;28(3):129–136. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2009.01.005

Fig. 3. Altered X-ray opacity in upper incisors examined by microradiography.

Fig. 3

(A–D) Microradiographies taken from WT (A), Dspp−/−(B), Dspp−/−Bgn−/−(C) and Dspp−/−Dcn−/− (D) mice. The X-ray opacities in the labiolingually middle area of the incisors (*) were compared for mineralization. The Dspp−/− dentin (B) showed a low opacity compared to WT (A). The Dspp−/−Bgn−/− showed the lowest opacity in the four groups (C). The Dspp−/−Dcn−/− demonstrated the increased opacity compared to Dspp−/− mice, suggesting that the lack of decorin rescued the DGI phenotypes in Dspp−/− mice (D). (E) Representative data of dentin opacity from WT, Dspp −/−, Dspp −/−Bgn−/− and Dspp−/−Dcn−/−. The statistical analysis was not applied to this data because of the small sample numbers.