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Acta Odontológica Latinoamericana

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BOZAL, Carola B; SANCHEZ, Luciana M  y  UBIOS, Ángela M. The lacuno-canalicular system (LCS) and osteocyte network of alveolar bone by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Acta odontol. latinoam. [online]. 2012, vol.25, n.1, pp.122-129. ISSN 1852-4834.

The osteocyte lacuno-canalicular system (OLCS) is a large network intercommunicating the lacunae and canaliculi which contain the osteocytes and their cytoplasmic processes within the mineralized bone matrix. The vitality and functioning of the osteocytes and cytoplasmic processes depend upon this intercommunication. To date, the 3-dimensional features of OLCS in the alveolar bone have not been studied; therefore the aim of this study was to use confocal scanning microscopy to do so. Samples of alveolar bone from male Wistar rats were fixed in buffer formalin and stained with basic fuchsin to visualize the lacuno-canalicular system. In decalcified samples of the same bone, the actin was labeled using fluorescent phallotoxin to visualize the osteocyte network. The samples were observed at the level of the mesial root of the first upper molar in bucco-palatal direction using a confocal laser scanning microscope. The results showed that in the area near the inner aspect (bundle bone) of the buccal plate, the osteocyte lacunae are oval-shaped and relatively uniform in size, aligned parallel to each other and with their major axes parallel to the periodontal bone surface, and the osteocytes are oval-shaped, with their main axes perpendicular to the periodontal bone surface, and the cytoplasmic processes irradiate in all directions. In the area near the inner aspect (bundle bone) of the palatal plate, the osteocyte lacunae are rounded, have different sizes and their orientation does not follow any specific pattern, and the osteocyte bodies have major axes parallel to the periodontal surface, a larger number of cytoplasmic processes, and run in a straighter direction than in the buccal plate. These results will contribute to the understanding of the changes that may occur in OLCS microarchitecture as a result of a pathological process, surgical technique or force applied to the alveolar bone.

Palabras clave : Bone; Histology; Osteocytes; Confocal microscopy.

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