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Tao J, Wang D, Jin A, Xue J, Yu H. Response of the somatosensory cortex following thermal stimuli to dental implants. Neurosci Lett 2022; 784:136750. [PMID: 35728681 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
In the current study, we investigated the cortical response of the somatosensory cortex following thermal stimuli to dental implants. Five implants were inserted at the site of the left upper canine with immediate implant placement protocols in five cats. Intrinsic signal optical imaging was applied to measure the cortical responses evoked by thermal sensing via dental implants. The cortical response evoked by 60 g of tactile stimulus to implants was also examined. The response strength and activated location were compared between implants and natural teeth. Thermal stimuli via the implant could evoke reliable cortical responses in the tooth-related region. However, the response amplitude evoked by the cold stimuli applied to the implants was significantly lower than that evoked by the cold stimuli applied to the natural teeth, indicating that the implants were less sensitive to thermal change than the natural tooth. The response evoked by tactile stimuli to implants was significantly stronger than that evoked by cold stimuli. Thermal and tactile stimuli activated the same location of the tooth-related somatosensory cortex in both the implants and natural teeth. Therefore, the thermal change in implants could be detected at the cortical response level. Multimodal sensory integration of thermal and tactile functions existed for implants.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jianxiang Tao
- Department of Prosthodontics, School & Hospital of Stomatology Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Vision Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Vision Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, School & Hospital of Stomatology Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Vision Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Tao J, Wang D, Jin A, Xue J, Hu S, Yu H. The role of gingival mechanoreceptors in the tactile function of dental implants. Neurosci Lett 2022; 774:136502. [PMID: 35122933 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Dental implants seem to restore some degree of tactile function. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of gingival mechanoreceptors in dental-implant osseoperception at the cortical-response level. The gingiva of the upper-left canine implant was stripped off under local anesthesia in five cats. We used intrinsic-signal optical imaging (ISOI) to measure the population-response characteristics of the feline oral-related cortex when separately applying punctate mechanical stimuli to the left canine implant and right intact natural canine. These response characteristics were compared under local anesthesia after removal of the gingiva. Under local anesthesia, the signal strength of the implant was significantly weaker than that of the tooth under weak but not under strong stimulus. After the gingiva was stripped off, the signal strength of the implant was significantly weaker than that of the tooth at all strengths of stimulus. Based on the evoked cortical responses, the gingiva was involved in the maximal tactile function of the implant.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jianxiang Tao
- Department of Prosthodontics, School &Hospital of Stomatology Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai, 200072, China
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- Vision Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Vision Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, School &Hospital of Stomatology Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai, 200072, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, School &Hospital of Stomatology Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai, 200072, China
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- Vision Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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