“…16 TRAP staining (TRAP 387 Kit, Sigma-Aldrich Chemicals, St Louis, Mo), a marker of osteoclasts, was used to evaluate alveolar bone resorption. 7,12,13,[17][18][19] The osteoclasts were multinucleated, TRAP-positive cells in contact with or near bone surfaces 12,13 and were evaluated in the periodontal ligament (PL) of the mesial face of the DV root of the maxillary right first molar. 18,20,21 From each of the five sections, images were captured from five consecutive microscopic fields 18 using an Olympus BX40 light microscope (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) coupled to a Dinolite AM 423X microcamera (AmMo Electronics Corp, New Taipei City, Taiwan) at 4003 magnification.…”