Micronuclei frequencies in oral mucosal cells in patients undergoing nickel-titanium orthodontic archwires therapy
Citation
Erdem, O., Çetinkaya, S., Kaplan, M., Çırak, E., Gökçe, S. M. ve Akay, C. (2015). Micronuclei frequencies in oral mucosal cells in patients undergoing nickel-titanium orthodontic archwires therapy. 51st Congress of the European-Societies-of-Toxicology içinde (S138-S138. ss.). Porto, Portugal, September 13-16, 2015. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.432Abstract
Nickel(Ni)andtitanium(Ti),primarycomponentsoforthodonticappliances,areroutinelyusedinorthodontictreatmentinrecent years.However,littleisknownaboutthepossiblegenotoxiceffects oftheseapplianceswithrespecttochildrenevaluatingassensitive group. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the genotoxiceffectsoffixedorthodonticappliancesinasampleofchildren patients undergoing orthodontic appliances with micronucleus (MN) test. In this study, right and left buccal epithelial cells were collectedfromatotalof32patientsbeforeplacementand7th,15th and 30th days after placement of fixed appliances.