Mini Review

Year : 2021 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 2 | Page : 6 -8

BONE MASS AND THE MECHANISTIC :

Nikita Singh1, Varun Wadhwani2,Vaishnavi Rajaraman3

1Student,Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi-110 002 2Student,Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi-110 0023Student, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Mumbai -40061

Address of correspondence

Dr. Varun WadhwaniStudent,

Department of Prosthodontics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi-110 002

Mail id: varunw020595@gmail.com

Abstract

The Mechanostat is generally a term describing the way in which the mechanical loading influences the bone structure by changing the mass (amount of bone) and the architecture (its arrangement) to provide a structure that resists the habitual loads with an economical amount of material. As changes in the skeleton are accomplished by the processes of formation (bone growth) and resorption (bone loss), the mechanostat models affect the influences on the skeleton by those processes, through their effector
cells, osteocytes, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts. The term was invented by Harold Frost: an orthopedic surgeon. The still-evolving mechanostat hypothesis for bones inserts tissue-level realities into the former knowledge gap between bone's organ-level and celllevel realities. The mechanostat proposal is a seminal idea which fits diverse evidence but it requires critique and experimental study. This current review describes in detail about the mechanostat theory and bone changes during the different phases

Keywords: Mechanostat, bone remodeling, microstrain, stress, window

Conflict Of Interest

All the authors declare no conflict of interest

Source Of Funding

None

How To Cite This Article: NikitaSet al. Bone Mass and The Mechanostat. Int J ProsthoRehabil2021; 2: 2:6-8

Received: 23-06-21; Accepted: 25-07-21; Web Published: 22-12-21