Table 2:
Distribution of animals and analyses carried out in this study.
Sample size (N) | Source of bone graft | Time of incubation after harvest (hours) | Type of analysis | Timepoint of analysis | Shown in |
3 | Mouse mxM1 healed site | 0 | TUNEL | immediately after harvest | Fig. 1B |
3 | Mouse mxM1 healed site | 0, 1 | PCNA IHC, DAPI | post-transplant day 3 | Fig. 1D |
5 | Osseo-shaping instrument-produced osseous coagulum | 0 | TUNEL, DAPI, IHC, histology | post-implant day 0 |
Fig. 1F–H Fig. 2B |
5 | Handheld bone scraper-produced bone chips | 0 | Histology, DAPI | post-implant day 0 post-implant day 7 |
Fig. 2A Fig. 2C,E |
5 | Osseo-shaping instrument-produced osseous coagulum | 0 | IHC | post-implant day 3 | Fig. 2G–I |
5 | Osseo-shaping instrument-produced osseous coagulum | 0 | histology, DAPI, IHC, TRAP, ALP | post-implant day 7 | Fig. 2D,F,J–L |
3 | osseous coagulum | 0 | IHC | post-transplant day 0 post-transplant day 7 |
Fig. 2M Fig. 2N–P |
Sample size (N) | Site | rodent species | Type of analysis | Timepoint of analysis | Shown in |
>20 | intact PDL | rat, mouse | histology | Intact state | Fig. 3A, B |
>20 | fresh extraction socket | rat, mouse | histology | Intact state | Fig. 3C,D |
>10 | extraction socket gap area around an immediate implant | rat | histology, IHC, ALP | post-implant day 0 | Fig. 3F,F’ |
>10 | extraction socket gap area around an immediate implant | mouse | IHC | post-implant day 7 | Fig. 3G,M |
>10 | extraction socket gap area around an immediate implant | rat | ALP, μCT | post-implant day 0 | Fig. 3H,K,L |
3 | extraction socket gap area around an immediate implant +L-PBS | rat | IHC, μCT, histology | post-implant day 3, post-implant day 14 | Fig. 4A,C,E,F,I |
4 | extraction socket gap area around an immediate implant +L-WNT3A | rat | IHC, μCT, histology | post-implant day 3, post-implant day 14 | Fig. 4B,D,G,H,J |