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Ethanol consumption has increased among teenagers worldwide considerably,including females. Long-term ethanol consumption in women has been reported to cause bone metabolism imbalance. However, only few studies are available on the impact of long-term ethanol consumptionon bone morphology during adolescence. Here, we report the effects of chronic ethanol consumption on bone structure in adolescent female rats. Twenty female Wistar rats (35 days old) received, by gavage, distilled water (control) or ethanol (6.5 g/kg/day, 22.5% w/v) once daily for 55 days. After ethanol administration, animals were perfused, and the femora were collected. Morphometric evaluations were performed by electron microscopy scanning. Femora length, cortical bone thickness and medullar bone diameter was measured. The results demonstrated that ethanol exposure during adolescence reduced the length of femurs, with a decrease of the anterior thickness, posterior thickness, and mid-lateral diameter (P<0.05). Thus, long-term ethanol intake may lead to alterations on bone morphometry, reducing the thickness of compact bone and femur length in adolescent females.
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The ethanol wet-bonding technique (EWBT) was introduced in an attempt to overcome the problems caused by high hydrophilicity and/or incomplete penetration of most commercially available adhesive systems. This strategy provides better conditions for the inter-diffusion of hydrophobic dentin monomers. Today, there are many EWBT protocols, which yield bonding interfaces with minimal degradation and longer durability compared with commercial hydrophilic adhesive systems. The aim of this review is to discuss in greater detail the EWBT, focused on the following aspects: dentin saturation, hydrophobic primer preparation, inactivation of metalloproteinases (MMPs), dentin biomimetic remineralization and the clinical perspectives of this technique. The present review on the EWBT provides support for a better understanding of the behavior of dentin when exposed to dehydration and hydrophobic monomer interaction. Moreover, additional studies are suggested to investigate the long-term stability of this type of hybrid layer.
La técnica de la adhesión húmeda en etanol (TAHE) se introdujo en un intento de superar los problemas causados por la alta hidrofilicidad y/o la penetración incompleta de la mayoría de los sistemas adhesivos disponibles comercialmente. Esta estrategia ofrece mejores condiciones para la interdifusión de monómeros dentinarios hidrofóbicos. Hoy en día, hay muchos protocolos TAHE que producen las interfaces de unión con mínima degradación y mayor durabilidad en comparación con los sistemas adhesivos hidrofilicos comerciales. El objetivo de esta revisión es discutir con más detalle la TAHE, explicando los siguientes aspectos relacionados: la saturación de la dentina, la preparación del primer hidrofóbico, la inactivación de las metaloproteinasas (MMP's), remineralización biomimética de la dentina, y las perspectivas clínicas de esta técnica. La presente revisión sobre la TAHE proporciona soporte para una mejor comprensión del comportamiento de la dentina cuando es expuesto a la deshidratación y la interacción con monómero hidrófobo. Además, se sugieren estudios adicionales para investigar la estabilidad a largo plazo de este tipo de camada híbrida.
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Humans , Dental Bonding/methods , Dentin-Bonding Agents/chemistry , Dentin , Ethanol/chemistry , WaterABSTRACT
Though there are literature indicating the bone loss due to alcohol consumption, studies on the association between ethanol consumption and periodontal breakdown in animals are either scarce or have provided conflicting results. Here, we investigated the effects of chronic alcohol exposure from adolescence to adulthood on the alveolar bone in rats. Wistar rats were exposed to ethanol (6.5 g/kg/day) in a solution of 22.5% (w/v) or distilled water (control) by gavage from 35 days of age (adolescent) until 90 days (adulthood). Evaluation of the bone loss was performed using scanning electronic microscopy, in which the distances between the cement-enamel junction and the alveolar bone crest from the palatal side of the first molar mandibular were measured. The measurements obtained were tabulated and analyzed using Student’s t-test. Alcohol-treated group revealed greater bone loss in comparison to the control group. These findings indicate that heavy chronic alcohol exposure from adolescent to adulthood can induce alveolar bone loss in rats associated to absence of periodontitis.