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ArticleClinical oral implants research2025

Abaloparatide Enhances Bone Regeneration in Extraction Socket Dental Implant Defects: An Experimental In Vivo Study.

Jessica Latimer, Birtan Yilmaz, Balazs Feher, Takahiko Shiba, Tobias Fretwurst, Bruce Mitlak, Beate Lanske, Paul Kostenuik, William V Giannobile

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Article in Clinical oral implants research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Alveolar Bone Regeneration: Smart Biomaterials and Physical Stimulation.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials · 2026
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  4. Advances in Parathyroid Hormone-based medicines.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2025
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9 authors.

Jessica LatimerDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2231-7239
Birtan YilmazDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Balazs FeherDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Takahiko ShibaDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tobias FretwurstDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4769-7610
Bruce MitlakRadius Health Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Beate LanskeRadius Health Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Paul KostenuikPhylon Pharma Services, Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
William V GiannobileDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7102-9746

Funding

Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center: Advancing Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Regeneration to Clinical Trial InitiationU24DE029462 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GIANNOBILE, WILLIAM V, KOHN, DAVID H. · 2020 to 2024
$31.3M
Structure, Composition, & Histology Core - Core BP30AR069620 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KARL J JEPSEN · 2016 to 2026
$8.4M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR069620NIDCR NIH HHS U24 DE029462NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAbaloparatide (ABL) is a synthetic parathyroid hormone-related protein analog developed as an anabolic drug to treat osteoporosis. ABL increases bone mineral density (BMD) of the long bones and spine; however, the influence of ABL on alveolar bone regeneration remains unknown. This study assessed the effects of systemic ABL administration on tooth extraction socket healing and dental implant osseointegration in a preclinical rodent model.

methodsSprague-Dawley rats received daily subcutaneous injection of ABL (25 μg/kg) or vehicle (VEH) at the time of maxillary first molar (M1) extraction surgery; animals underwent either: (1) unilateral M1 extraction followed by sacrifice at 10 or 42d or (2) bilateral M1 extraction followed by staged implant placement in osteotomies with standardized defects and sacrifice at 21 or 28d.

resultsMicro-computed tomography (micro-CT) analysis demonstrated that ABL increased bone volume fraction (p = 0.004) and bone mineral density (BMD) (p = 0.006) of regenerated extraction sockets at 42d. Micro-CT of the femur validated systemic effects of ABL, showing greater trabecular BMD after 6 (p < 0.01), 9 (p < 0.001), and 14 (p < 0.001) weeks of treatment. Histomorphometry confirmed a higher mineralized bone area with ABL treatment in extraction sockets at 42d (p = 0.03) and in the regenerated peri-implant bone at 21d post-implant placement (p = 0.01) compared to control.

conclusionSystemic ABL administration enhances osteogenesis in extraction sockets prior to implant placement and accelerates peri-implant bone formation in the early phase of healing in the present rodent model.

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Bone Density Conservation AgentsBone RegenerationDental ImplantsParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinTooth SocketAnimalsBone DensityDental Implantation, EndosseousMaleOsseointegrationRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTooth ExtractionX-Ray MicrotomographyabaloparatideBone Density Conservation AgentsDental ImplantsParathyroid Hormone-Related Proteinanabolicsbone repair/regenerationoral implantosseointegrationosteoporosistooth extraction

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