Nitric oxide(NO) has been reported to be one of the mediators relating to bone remodelling. Nitric oxide is synthesized from L-arguinine by nitric oxide synthetase(NOS), which is largely divided into two groups. One group which is composed of NOS1 and NOS3 is dependent of calcium or calmodulin. The orther consisted of NOS2, which is independent of calcium or calmodulin. NOS if thought to be a possible intermediate affecting in the coures of tooth movement. This study was designed to evaluate the experssion of ratincisors, by LSAB(labelled streptavidine biotin) immunohistochrmical staining for NOS2 and NOS3. Twenty seven Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into a control group(3 rats), and 6 experimental group(24 rats), to which 75g of force was applied, with helical springs across the maxillary incisors. Rats of experimental groups were sacrificed at 12 hours, 1, 4, 7, 14 and 28 days after force application, respecticely. After that, the tissues of the control group and experimental groups were studied immunhistochemically. The results were as follows : 1. In cintrol group, the expression if NOS3 was rare in gingiva, dentin, periodontal ligament and alveolar bone, and was mild in the capillaries of pulp and intermaxillary suture. And the expression of NOS2 showed similar pattern to that of NOS3. 2. There were no sifferences in the expession of NOS2 or NOS3 in dentin, gingiva, cementum, cementoblast and odontoblast, between control and experimental groups, regardless of the duration of the force application. 3. The expression of NOS3 began to increase at 4 days and showed to the highest degree at 7 days after force application, in the apical region of pressure side of periodontal ligament in experimental groups. 4. The expression of NOS3 in alveolar bone was rare until 7 days, after which it increased to mild degree at 14 days through 28 days in experimental group. But there was no difference between pressure and tension side of periodontal ligament. 5. The expression of NOS2 in periodintal ligament was mild from 7 days after force application, regardless of the side of periodontium, which was generally more evident than that of NOS3. 6. The expression of NOS2 in alveolar bone increased to mild drgree at 14 days after force application, and it was evident in osteoblasts, ostroclasts and odteocytes. And the expression if NOS2 was little more stronger in the tension side than that if pressure side of alveolar bone.