The effects of oxidative stress induced by occlusal interference and the regulatory mechanism of UCP3 on masseter in rats / 实用口腔医学杂志

The occlusal interference model in rats was established. In the masseter the level of MDA was increased, but both SOD and GPX were decreased in the presence of the occlusal interference, while the expression of UCP3 was higher than that in the control group (P ＜ 0. 05) .The findings indicate that the occlusal interference can induce the oxidative damage of masseter in rats, which has a correlation with UCP3.