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Chronic inflammation can further be mimicked by using inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1\u03b2, TNF-\u03b1 and Activin-A. Furthermore, bone anabolic and (anti-)catabolic medications such as parathyroid hormone (PTH), anti-TGF-\u03b2, sclerostin and anti-sclerostin can be used to investigate their effects on both osteogenesis and osteoclastogenesis. This platform is ideal for studying the effect of medication used in comorbidities of periodontitis, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA; e.g., anakinra, infliximab) and diabetes (e.g., metformin), which have all been shown to inhibit osteoclast formation. The osteogenesis culture system can be manipulated over time, making it an ideal system for studying how the osteogenic stage of periodontium-derived fibroblasts affects subsequent osteoclast formation. Finally, fibroblast-based three-dimensional (3D) culture systems provide physiologically relevant environments that capture spatial cell-matrix interactions essential for hard and soft tissue repair in periodontal tissue regeneration. 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