“…In a preliminary study aimed at examining AMBN and Bril expression in actively-forming bone, the maxillary left fi rst molar of wild type mice was extracted with an excavator, and sacrificed 5 days after extraction. For ETM, nickeltitanium wire, 0.012 inches (304.8 μm) in diameter, was fi xed to the maxillary incisor by means of a composite resin for orthodontic bonding (Transbond ® ; 3M Unitek, St. Paul, MN, USA), and the left maxillary 1st molar was moved toward the palatal side with 10 g load as described previously, while the untreated contralateral teeth served as control (Sakai et al, 2009). For BDT, an incision was made over the left anterior-proximal tibia, and a hole was drilled mono-cortically with a high-speed dental engine (20,000 rpm) using a 1.0 mm carbide bar (Brasseler USA, Savannah, GA, USA).…”