Figure 1.

Isolation and culture of mandible BMSCs. (A) Radiograph of hemimandible showing the final position of the needle in the alveolar ridge superior to the incisor. The third molar has been extracted. (B) DSPP expression of long-bone (LB) BMSCs, mandible (MB) BMSCs, and pulp tissue by qPCR representative of more than 6 independent experiments. (C) Quantification of total, ALP-positive, and ALP-negative colonies formed by long-bone (LB) vs. mandible (MB) BMSC cultures (average of 3 independent experiments). *p < 0.05; error bars represent standard error of the mean.