ABSTRACTS OF LECTURES AND POSTERS * EUROPEAN ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY, 85th Congress Helsinki, Finland 2009, 10-14 June
Author(s) -
Fariborz Amini,
Ali BorzabadiFarahani,
Bahar Biçen Aras,
Lam L. Cheng,
Tamer Türk,
Selma Elekdağ-Türk,
M. Ali Darendeliler,
Efthimia K. Basdra,
Demetrios N. Karatzas,
Katerina K. Papachroni,
Christina Piperi,
Uwe Baumert,
Andrea Wichelhaus,
Aslı Baysal,
Uysal,
Saim Özdamar,
Gökmen Kurt,
Ömer Günhan,
D Anto,
Gianrico Spagnuolo,
Rosa Valletta,
Luigi Ambrosio,
R Martina,
Jeroen de Ridder,
Anna Verdonck,
Marijke Eyssen,
Carine Carels,
Private Practice,
Jelena Djordjević,
Tuomo Heikkinen,
Alexei I. Zhurov,
Pertti Pirttiniemi,
Stephen Richmond
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of orthodontics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.252
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1460-2210
pISSN - 0141-5387
DOI - 10.1093/ejo/cjp095
Subject(s) - political science , library science , medicine , dentistry , computer science
AIM: To evaluate the effects of orthodontic treatment on systemic levels of the infl ammatory markers C-reactive protein
(CRP), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6).
SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Seventeen subjects (11 girls and 6 boys, mean age 13.1 years) treated with fi xed appliances
and distalising headgear. Venous blood samples were taken from the cubital vein before treatment and then at three further
time points during treatment of each subject two months apart. The sera from these blood samples were analysed using
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technology for CRP, TNF-α and IL-6 concentration levels.
RESULTS: There was no signifi cant elevation of any of the three infl ammatory markers at any time point.
CONCLUSIONS: This research provides evidence that conventional orthodontic treatment has no systemic immune response
and is therefore immunologically safe.link_to_subscribed_fulltex
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