Use Case C to Answer the Following Questions

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Multiple Choice

Use Case C to answer The Following questions
CASE C
A 12-year-old client with orthodontics has generalized healthy gingiva that is coral pink and stippled. The orthodontist has stated that the tooth movement is on schedule. Some recession is noted on the maxillary left canine and the first premolar. The first premolar demonstrates some mobility. Orthodontic tooth movement involves the function of the periodontal ligament, cementum, and alveolar bone.
-Through tooth movement, the periodontal ligament fibers must be reoriented. The cells that are important in the formation of the principal fibers of the periodontal ligament are:

• A)Cementoblasts
• B)Cementoclasts
• C)Osteoblasts
• D)Osteoclasts
• E)Fibroblasts

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