Cell density and cell generation in the periodontal ligament of mice.

The number of cell nuclei per mm2 and the volume density of cell nuclei and blood vessels in the periodontal ligament at different levels of the mesial root of the first mandibular molar of the adult mouse and in different areas of the ligament at each level have been examined in the light microscope. Significantly higher numbers of cell nuclei per mm2 were observed adjacent to bone, cementum, and blood vessels than in the avascular body of the ligament at all levels and on all aspects of the root. This distribution of number of cell nuclei per mm2 was constant over 4 1/2 months of aging and a doubling of body weight. The volume density of cell nuclei was significantly higher in cells adjacent to bone and cementum and in gingival connective tissue than in both the vicinity of blood vessels and the body of the ligament. The blood vessels, which were present predominantly in the bone-related half of the ligament, were absent from the zone immediately adjacent to cementum. The labeling indexes of periodontal ligament cells were determined from autoradiographs of the mesial root of the first mandibular molar of the mouse after pulse-labeling with 3H-Tdr. Labeling indexes were highest in zones adjacent to blood vessels, and the labeling index was significantly higher in the middle of the ligament than in zones adjacent to bone and cementum, and consequently was inversely related to cell density.

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