resorption

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My dentist said a molar needed to be yanked because of a cellular breakdown called resorption, and a periodontist in his office recommended a bone graft and probably an implant.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Bone is maintained via delicate balance between formation and resorption, and its imbalance leads to bone related diseases like osteoporosis rheumatism and periodontitis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

The researchers tracked down distinct pockets of bone resorption activity as the cells 'morph' between actively resorbing osteoclasts and an intermediate cell state called osteomorphs, in real time.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

It involves the processes of bone deposition by osteoblasts and bone resorption by osteoclasts.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The use of the actual cautery stimulates prompt resolution, but there is seldom any resorption of products of inflammation following firing.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor