Tritiated proline was used to follow the patterns of root growth and alveolar-bone production associated with tooth eruption in rhesus monkeys. Alveolar-bone deposition was seen around the apical regions of both erupting and functioning teeth, which indicated that the apical region was not spatially stable.
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