Comparison of the microbial flora from different orthodontic archwires using a cultivation method and PCR: A prospective study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of superelastic nickel-titanium (SE NiTi), copper-nickel-titanium (CuNiTi) and titanium-molybdenum alloy (TMA) archwires with different surface properties on dental plaque retention and microbial colonization.

Setting And Sample Population: Totally 25 individuals, consisting of 16 girls and nine boys with mean age of 15.69 ± 1.

Assessment of Pain, Anxiety, and Cortisol Levels During the Initial Aligning Phase of Fixed Orthodontic Treatment.

Objective: We assessed pain and anxiety using psychological testing instruments (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, visual analog scale) and a physiological testing instrument (salivary cortisol hormone level) after the insertion of orthodontic appliances and during the initial alignment phase of orthodontic treatment.

Methods: The study group involved two groups matched according to age and gender. Group 1 used 0.

Comparison of BALP, CTX-I, and IL-4 levels around miniscrew implants during orthodontic tooth movement between two different amounts of force.

Objectives: To evaluate the Interleukin-4 (IL-4), bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BALP), and C-telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX-I) levels in peri-miniscrew crevicular fluid (PMCF) during orthodontic tooth movement between 75 and 150 g of distalization force.

Materials And Methods: Thirty miniscrews were placed bilaterally between the maxillary second premolars and first molars. The right and the left maxillary canines were moved distally using either 75 or 150 g of force.

Influence of omega-3 fatty acid on orthodontic tooth movement in rats: A biochemical, histological, immunohistochemical and gene expression study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on orthodontic tooth movement.

Setting And Sample Population: For this study, 56 12-week-old adult male Wistar albino rats from the Animal Laboratory at Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Medicine, were used.

Material And Methods: Rats were randomly divided into seven groups (n = 8 each): control group (without any treatment), tooth movement groups (three groups of animals with only tooth movement) and omega groups (three groups of animals with tooth movement and omega-3 administration).