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. 2012 Jan 24;90(3):230–238. doi: 10.1007/s00223-011-9568-z

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Osteoclasts recognize macroscratches and change their resorption direction. Osteoclasts cultured on dentin containing introduced artificial macroscratches (white arrows). Shown is a typical pattern of resorption pits without scratch contact and of deflected pits due to introduced artefacts (white asterisks). Scale bar = 100 μm