Several other disease processes involve both inflammation and bone uncoupling. For example, similar to periodontal disease, osteoporosis is also characterized by uncoupling due to deficient bone formation following bone resorption. list of molecules that could mediate the effects of inflammation on uncoupling is provided in Table 2. Although this review focuses on bone, it is recognized that, for periodontal regeneration to occur, the formation of new cementum and periodontal ligament must also take place (Foster et al., 2007).
Lenneberg (1967) sees the critical period starting at the age of 2 and ending around puberty, a period, which coincides with the brain lateralisation process, which is the specialisation of the dominant hemisphere of the brain language functions. Lenneberg (1967) cited a wide evidence of changes in the brain taking place during this period.
The more you use a language (through reading or learning new words somehow) the more your neurons your brain is making. With more paths in your brain the more information you can store. Thus language does play a role in critical thinking. Not much - the actual process of critical thinking, of distinguishing sound reasoning from unsound, is pre-verbal. Language only comes into play in importing the conditions to be critically thought about and exporting the results arrived at. This is my own on-the-fly opinion, not something I've proven or seen proven.