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

However, PTH induction is also associated with the differentiation of macrophages into osteoclasts, which are specialized cells responsible for bone resorption.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024

"We also showed bone resorption by osteoclast is defected in doble knock mouse" says co-senior author of the second paper, Shiou-ling Lu.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Degeneration and resorption   of one or more ovarian follicles before a state of maturity has been   reached.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson