Publications by authors named "Kelly Regina Micheletti"
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of two different dosages of alendronate on induced orthodontic movement in an experimental model involving rats with osteoporosis following ovariectomy.
Design: Female Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) eight weeks of age were divided into four groups (n=12/group): ovariectomized (OVX group); ovariectomized and treated with alendronate sodium at 1mg/kg (Group OVX+ALN1); ovariectomized and treated with alendronate sodium at 2mg/kg (Group OVX+ALN2); and sham operated (control). Three months after ovariectomy, the maxillary right first molar was submitted to movement for five and seven days.
Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the correlation between initial alveolar bone density of upper central incisors (ABD-UI) and external apical root resorption (EARR) after 12 months of orthodontic movement in cases without extraction.
Methods: A total of 47 orthodontic patients 11 years old or older were submitted to periapical radiography of upper incisors prior to treatment (T1) and after 12 months of treatment (T2). ABD-UI and EARR were measured by means of densitometry.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) on middle ear function before, after, 3 months and one year from expansion procedure.
Patients And Methods: Eighteen patients with mean age of 8.1 years (±3.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate morphologically the effect of teriparatide on induced orthodontic movement of the maxillary first molars in ovariectomized rats.
Methods: Ovariectomized Wistar rats (n = 16), ovariectomized rats treated with teriparatide (n = 16), and nonovariectomized rats (n = 16) had orthodontic tooth movement for 5 and 7 days. The group treated with teriparatide received a subcutaneous injection (Forteo, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, Ind; 30 μg/kg/day) for 90 days after the ovariectomy.