Osteoclastic activity refers to the body's process of breaking down bone in order to build it up again. ... At the same time, osteoblastic activity builds up new bone to fill in the space left behind the tooth. Osteoclastic activity takes 48–72 hours to fully begin, but only takes about four hours to stop.

What causes increased osteoblastic activity?

Without enough vitamin D, your bloodstream will not properly take up the calcium in milk, calcium supplements, or other sources. Low levels of vitamin D will also trigger a series of events that lead to activation of osteoclasts. It also leads to increased production of PTH, which creates even more osteoclasts.

What does osteoblastic mean?

Medical Definition of osteoblastic

1 : relating to or involving the formation of bone. 2 : composed of or being osteoblasts.