Estudo histomorfométrico do processo de reparo de dentes reimplantados em ratos pinealectomizados

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Willian Caetano [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Reimplante dentário; Ligamento periodontal; Reabsorção da raiz; Melatonina; Glândula pineal; Tooth replantation
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/134215; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/29-01-2016/000857872_20201231.pdf

For causing serious damage to the cementoblasts and periodontal ligament, dental avulsion by trauma can lead to tooth loss as a result of root resorption. Several local factors were studied seeking the development of a treatment protocol. However, few studies have beheld the influence of systemic alterations in the repair process. People with nocturnal habits may have melatonin deficiency, a hormone produced mainly by the pineal gland, which interferes with the metabolism of fibrous connective tissue and bone tissue. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the repair process of reimplanted teeth in pinealectomized rats. For this purpose 30 Wistar rats were divided into 3 groups of 10 animals each. In group I (CON) the animals were subjected to the extraction and immediate replantation of the right maxillary central incisor. In group II the animals underwent to pinealectomy and after 30 days the tooth was extracted and immediately reimplanted. In group III (SHAM), the animals were subjected to exposure of the pineal gland, but without removing it, and then to the tooth reimplantation. Sixty days after tooth replantation, the animals were euthanized and specimens containing the teeth were processed to obtain histological sections that were stained with hematoxylin and eosin for histomorphometric analysis. It was assessed and quantified the occurrence of inflammatory resorption, replacement resorption and areas of ankylosis. Data were converted into percentage for statistical analysis. The results showed higher rates of replacement root resorption in group II compared to groups I and III (Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn's Test, p<0.05). It was concluded that the absence of melatonin may induce an impairment of reimplanted tooth repair process in pinealectomized rats