“…The decellularization of the PDL strips and tooth particles was carried out by sequential incubation with a 1% SDS solution (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), a 1% Triton X-100 solution (Sigma-Aldrich, USA), and a DNase solution (20 µg/mL; Sigma-Aldrich, USA) in 4.2 mM MgCl 2 (Sigma-Aldrich, USA) [35]. Further, the samples were incubated in DMEM culture medium (Gibco, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA) with antibiotics (300 U/mL penicillin, 300 µg/mL streptomycin, and 75 µg/mL amphotericin B) (Gibco, USA) and stored at −70 • C. All treatment steps were applied to samples at room temperature with constant gentle agitation of the samples in an orbital shaker (Corning™ LSE™, USA).…”