Effect of two corticotomy protocols on periodontal tissue and orthodontic movement

Abstract Objective To compare two corticotomy surgical protocols in rats to verify whether they alter conventional orthodontic movement. Methodology Sixty Wistar rats were divided into three groups - orthodontic movement (CG), orthodontic movement and corticotomy (G1) and orthodontic movement with corticotomy and decortication (G2) - and euthanized after 7 and 14 days. Tooth movement (mm), bone volume fraction and bone volume ratio to total volume (BV/TV), and bone mineral density (BMD) were evaluated by micro-CT. The total amount of bone was measured in square millimeters and expressed as the percentage of bone area in the histomorphometry. The number of positive TRAP cells and RANK/RANKL/OPG interaction were also investigated. Results Day 14 showed a statistically significant difference in orthodontic tooth movement in CG compared with G1 (7.52 mm; p=0.009) and G2 (7.36 mm; p=0.016). A micro-CT analysis revealed a difference between CG, G1 and G2 regarding BV/TV, with G1 and G2 presenting a lower BV/TV ratio at 14 days (0.77 and 0.73 respectively); we found no statistically significant differences regarding BMD. There was a difference in the total amount of bone in the CG group between 7 and 14 days. At 14 days, CG presented a significantly higher bone percentage than G1 and G2. Regarding TRAP, G2 had more positive cells at 7 and 14 days compared with CG and G1. Conclusion Corticotomy accelerates orthodontic movement. Decortication does not improve corticotomy efficiency.

The influence of LLLT applied on applied on calvarial defect in rats under effect of cigarette smoke

Abstract Objective Considering the global public health problem of smoking, which can negatively influence bone tissue repair, the aim of this study is to analyze the influence of photobiomodulation therapy (PBM) on calvaria defects created surgically in specimens under the effect of cigarette smoke and analyzed with use of histomorphometric and immunohistochemistry techniques. Methodology Calvaria defects 4.1 mm in diameter were surgically created in the calvaria of 90-day-old rats (n=60) that were randomly divided into 4 experimental groups containing 15 animals each: control group (C), smoking group (S), laser group (L), and smoke associated with laser group (S+L). The animals were subjected to surgery for calvaria defects and underwent PBM, being evaluated at 21, 45, and 60 days post-surgery. The specimens were then processed for histomorphometric and immunohistochemistry analyses. The area of bone neoformation (ABN), percentage of bone neoformation (PBNF), and the remaining distance between the edges of the defects (D) were analyzed histometrically. Quantitative analysis of the TRAP immunolabeled cells was also performed. The data were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) in conjunction with Tukey's test to verify the statistical differences between groups (p<0.05). Results The smoking group showed less ABN compared to the other experimental groups in all periods, and it also showed more D at 21 days compared to the remaining groups and at 45 days compared to the laser group. The smoking group showed a lower PNBF compared to the laser group in all experimental periods and compared to smoking combined with LLLT group at 21 days. Conclusions PBM acted on bone biomodulation, thus stimulating new bone formation and compensating for the negative factor of smoking, which can be used as a supportive therapy during bone repair processes.

Probiotic therapy as a novel approach in the prevention and treatment of gingivitis. a review / Terapia probiótica como uma nova abordagem na prevenção e tratamento da gengivite. Uma revisão

Objective: Gingivitis is caused by a mixture of Gram-positive and Gram-negative species and is characterized by inflammatory exudate in the marginal region. Probiotics have been introduced in the prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases and represent an innovative approach to maintaining oral health using beneficial bacteria when administered in adequate amounts. The mechanism of action of probiotics in the oral cavity is not fully understood but is commonly explained by a combination of local and systemic immunomodulation. The results of the studies suggest that probiotics may be useful in the prevention and treatment of gingivitis, but their effectiveness is still very questionable. Thus, more in vivo research is needed through randomized controlled studies evaluating the main periodontal clinical parameters, levels of inflammatory mediators and microbiological analyzes, especially to elucidate some still unknown mechanisms of action and to ensure the use of probiotics as an effective therapy in the prevention and treatment of gingivitis. (AU)

Objetivo: A gengivite é causada por uma mistura de espécies Gram-positivas e Gram-negativas e é caracterizada pelo exsudado inflamatório na região marginal. Os probióticos tem sido introduzido na prevenção e tratamento das doenças periodontais e representam uma abordagem inovadora para manter a saúde bucal através da utilização de bactérias benéficas quando administradas em quantidades adequadas. O mecanismo de ação dos probióticos na cavidade bucal não é totalmente compreendido, mas é comumente explicado por uma combinação de imunomodulação local e sistêmica. Os resultados dos estudos sugerem que os probióticos podem ser úteis na prevenção e tratamento da gengivite, porém sua eficácia é muito questionável ainda. Desta forma, são necessárias mais pesquisas in vivo através de estudos randomizados controlados avaliando os principais parâmetros clínicos periodontais, níveis de mediadores inflamatórios e analises microbiológicas, especialmente para elucidar alguns mecanismos de ação ainda desconhecido e para assegurar a utilização dos probióticos como terapia eficaz na prevenção e tratamento da gengivite.(AU)

Avaliação de diferentes protocolos de aplicação da terapia fotodinâmica antimicrobiana (aPDT) no tratamento da periodontite induzida em ratos imunossuprimidos com droga quimioterápica: estudo histomorfométrico, imunoistoquímico, imunológico e microbiológico / Evaluation of different protocols of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) in the treatment of the induced periodontitis in rats treated with chemotherapy: a histomorphometric, immunohistochemical, immunologic and microbiological study

Objetivo: Este estudo avaliou a influência de múltiplas sessões da Terapia com Laser em Baixa Intensidade (LLLT) coadjuvante a raspagem e alisamento radicular (RAR), e da terapia fotodinâmica antimicrobiana (aPDT) associada ou não ao tratamento mecânico de RAR, no tratamento da periodontite experimental (PE) em ratos submetidos à quimioterapia com 5-Fluorouracil. Materiais e Métodos: Duzentos e dezesseis ratos foram submetidos à indução da PE por meio de ligadura no primeiro molar inferior direito e esquerdo. Após 7 dias a ligadura foi removida e os animais separados aleatoriamente em 9 grupos: PE (n=24) - sem tratamento; 5FU-PE (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5FU (60mg/kg e 40mg/kg); 5FU-PE-RAR (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU e com RAR; 5FU-PE-RAR-1LLLT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, com RAR seguida da LLLT (sessão única) (660 nm; 0,035 W; 4,2 J, 120 segundos; 1,23 W/cm2); 5FU-PE-RAR-4LLLT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, com RAR seguida da LLLT (0, 24, 48 e 72 horas); 5FU-PE-RAR-1aPDT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, com RAR e 1 episódio de aPDT (LLLT + azul de metileno); 5FU-PE-RAR-4aPDT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, com RAR e aPDT (0, 24, 48, 72 horas); 5FU-PE-1aPDT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU seguida da aPDT; 5FU-PE-4aPDT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, seguida da aPDT (0, 24, 48, 72 horas). Oito animais de cada grupo foram eutanasiados aos 7, 15 e 30 dias após tratamento local. A área de perda óssea (PO) na região de furca foi analisada histometricamente, histologicamente e análise dos padrões de imunomarcação para TRAP, PCNA RANKL, OPG e CASP-3-AT foram realizadas. A quantificação da citocina PGE2 foi avaliada pelo ELISA e TNF-α e IL-6 foram avaliadas pelos Kits de ensaio Multiplex. A prevalência de periodontopatógenos, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), Prevotella nigrescens (Pn), Prevotella intermedia (Pi) e Fusobacterium...

Objective: This study evaluated the influence of multiple sessions of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT), adjuvant to the scaling and root planing (SRP), and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), with or without the mechanical treatment of SRP, in the treatment of experimental periodontitis (EP) in rats treated with chemotherapy 5- fluorouracil (5-FU). Materials and methods: Two hundred and sixteen animals were subjected to induction of EP by ligature in mandibular first molar right and left. 7 days after the ligature was removed, the animals were randomly divided into 9 groups: EP (n=24) - no treatment; 5FU-EP (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU (60mg/kg and 40mg/kg); 5FU-EP-SRP (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP; 5FU-EP-SRP-1LLLT (n= 24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP, followed by LLLT (single session) (660 nm, 0.035 W; 4.2 J, 120 seconds; 1.23 W/cm2); 5FU-EP-SRP-4LLLT (n= 24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP, followed by LLLT (0, 24, 48 and 72 hours); 5FU-EP-SRP-1aPDT (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP, followed by one application of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) (LLLT + methylene blue); 5FU-EP-SRP-4aPDT (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP followed by aPDT (0, 24, 48, 72 hours); 5FU-EP-1aPDT (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU followed by aPDT; 5FU-EP-4aPDT (n=24) - treated systemically with 5-FU, followed by treatment with aPDT (0, 24, 48, 72 hours). Eight animals in each group were euthanized at 7, 15 and 30 days after local treatment. The area of bone loss (BL) in the furcation region was analyzed histometrically, histologically and analysis of immunostaining patterns for RANKL, OPG, TRAP, PCNA and CASP-3-AT were performed. Quantity of cytokine was measured by ELISA for PGE2 and TNF-α and IL-6 were evaluated by kits multiplex assays. The prevalence of periodontopathogens Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), Prevotella nigrescens...

Avaliação de diferentes protocolos de aplicação da terapia fotodinâmica antimicrobiana (aPDT) no tratamento da periodontite induzida em ratos imunossuprimidos com droga quimioterápica: estudo histomorfométrico, imunoistoquímico, imunológico e microbiológico / Evaluation of different protocols of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) in the treatment of the induced periodontitis in rats treated with chemotherapy: a histomorphometric, immunohistochemical, immunologic and microbiological study

Objetivo: Este estudo avaliou a influência de múltiplas sessões da Terapia com Laser em Baixa Intensidade (LLLT) coadjuvante a raspagem e alisamento radicular (RAR), e da terapia fotodinâmica antimicrobiana (aPDT) associada ou não ao tratamento mecânico de RAR, no tratamento da periodontite experimental (PE) em ratos submetidos à quimioterapia com 5-Fluorouracil. Materiais e Métodos: Duzentos e dezesseis ratos foram submetidos à indução da PE por meio de ligadura no primeiro molar inferior direito e esquerdo. Após 7 dias a ligadura foi removida e os animais separados aleatoriamente em 9 grupos: PE (n=24) - sem tratamento; 5FU-PE (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5FU (60mg/kg e 40mg/kg); 5FU-PE-RAR (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU e com RAR; 5FU-PE-RAR-1LLLT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, com RAR seguida da LLLT (sessão única) (660 nm; 0,035 W; 4,2 J, 120 segundos; 1,23 W/cm2); 5FU-PE-RAR-4LLLT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, com RAR seguida da LLLT (0, 24, 48 e 72 horas); 5FU-PE-RAR-1aPDT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, com RAR e 1 episódio de aPDT (LLLT + azul de metileno); 5FU-PE-RAR-4aPDT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, com RAR e aPDT (0, 24, 48, 72 horas); 5FU-PE-1aPDT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU seguida da aPDT; 5FU-PE-4aPDT (n=24) - tratados sistemicamente com 5-FU, seguida da aPDT (0, 24, 48, 72 horas). Oito animais de cada grupo foram eutanasiados aos 7, 15 e 30 dias após tratamento local. A área de perda óssea (PO) na região de furca foi analisada histometricamente, histologicamente e análise dos padrões de imunomarcação para TRAP, PCNA RANKL, OPG e CASP-3-AT foram realizadas. A quantificação da citocina PGE2 foi avaliada pelo ELISA e TNF-α e IL-6 foram avaliadas pelos Kits de ensaio Multiplex. A prevalência de periodontopatógenos, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), Prevotella nigrescens (Pn), Prevotella intermedia (Pi) e Fusobacterium...

Objective: This study evaluated the influence of multiple sessions of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT), adjuvant to the scaling and root planing (SRP), and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), with or without the mechanical treatment of SRP, in the treatment of experimental periodontitis (EP) in rats treated with chemotherapy 5- fluorouracil (5-FU). Materials and methods: Two hundred and sixteen animals were subjected to induction of EP by ligature in mandibular first molar right and left. 7 days after the ligature was removed, the animals were randomly divided into 9 groups: EP (n=24) - no treatment; 5FU-EP (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU (60mg/kg and 40mg/kg); 5FU-EP-SRP (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP; 5FU-EP-SRP-1LLLT (n= 24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP, followed by LLLT (single session) (660 nm, 0.035 W; 4.2 J, 120 seconds; 1.23 W/cm2); 5FU-EP-SRP-4LLLT (n= 24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP, followed by LLLT (0, 24, 48 and 72 hours); 5FU-EP-SRP-1aPDT (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP, followed by one application of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) (LLLT + methylene blue); 5FU-EP-SRP-4aPDT (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU, with SRP followed by aPDT (0, 24, 48, 72 hours); 5FU-EP-1aPDT (n=24) - systemically treated with 5-FU followed by aPDT; 5FU-EP-4aPDT (n=24) - treated systemically with 5-FU, followed by treatment with aPDT (0, 24, 48, 72 hours). Eight animals in each group were euthanized at 7, 15 and 30 days after local treatment. The area of bone loss (BL) in the furcation region was analyzed histometrically, histologically and analysis of immunostaining patterns for RANKL, OPG, TRAP, PCNA and CASP-3-AT were performed. Quantity of cytokine was measured by ELISA for PGE2 and TNF-α and IL-6 were evaluated by kits multiplex assays. The prevalence of periodontopathogens Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), Prevotella nigrescens...

Efeito da aPDT na osseointegração de implantes em alvéolos contaminados / Effect of aPDT in the osseointegration of implants in contaminated dental sockets

Objetivo: Avaliar por meio de análises histométrica e imuno-histoquímica os efeitos da terapia fotodinâmica antimicrobiana (aPDT) no tratamento alveolar prévio à colocação de implantes, em alvéolos de dentes de ratos portadores ou não de doença periodontal induzida. Material e método: Trinta e dois ratos foram utilizados no estudo. A doença periodontal foi induzida nos primeiros molares inferiores esquerdos. Decorridos sete dias, foi realizada a remoção da ligadura e a exodontia dos primeiros molares inferiores direitos e esquerdos. A seguir, os animais foram divididos em dois grupos de 16 animais, de acordo com os tratamentos realizados nos alvéolos dentais antes da instalação do implante imediato: DM-debridamento mecânico (DM), irrigação com 1 mL de soro fisiológico seguida de instalação do implante; aPDT-DM, irrigação com 1 mL de azul de toluidina O (TBO) e, após 1 minuto, irradiação com laser em baixa intensidade (LLLT). Oito animais de cada grupo foram eutanasiados aos 15 e 30 dias. Os espécimes foram processados laboratorialmente para análises histométrica do contato osso-implante (BIC) e imuno-histoquímica. Os dados histométricos foram estatisticamente analisados (Teste Kruskall-Wallis e Dunn p < 0,05). Resultado: Na análise dos tratamentos, os resultados demonstraram que houve maior BIC nos implantes instalados em alvéolos não contaminados tratados com aPDT (p < 0,05) e maior imunorreatividade à OPG no tecido ósseo tratado com aPDT. Conclusão: A aPDT mostrou-se efetiva no controle da perda óssea em áreas não contaminadas e aumentou a atividade metabólica e a atividade das células ósseas nos alvéolos irradiados previamente à instalação dos implantes.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate by histometric and immunohistochemistry analysis the effects of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) in alveolar prior to placement of mini-implants in animals with or without induced periodontal disease. Material and method: Thirty-two rats were used. Periodontal disease (PD) was induced by ligature in the lower left first molar. After 7 days of PD evolution, it was performed removal of the ligature and extraction of the left lower first molars in all animals. Thus, animals were divided into 2 groups (n = 16) according to the treatments in the dental alveolus before immediate implant installation: MD (control) : mechanical debridement (MD), irrigation with 1 mL of saline solution followed by implant installation; aPDT-MD, irrigation with 1 mL of Toluidine Blue-O and low intensity laser (LLLT) and implant installation. Eight animals from each group were euthanized at 15 and 30 days after the installation of mini-implants. Specimens were processed for histologic, immunohistochemical and histometric analysis. The histometric data were processed for statistical analysis (Kruskall-Wallis and Dunn test; p < 0.05). Result: In treatment analysis, results indicated thatthere was a greater BIC in implants installed in uncontaminated alveolus treated with a PDT ( p < 0.05) and greater imuno-reactivity to OPG in bone issue treated with aPDT. Conclusion: The aPDT proved to be effective in bone loss control in no contaminated area and it has increased the bone loss and metabolic activity in alveolus irradiated prior to implant installation.