Skip Navigation

The European Journal of Orthodontics 2007 29(4):404-407; doi:10.1093/ejo/cjm040
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Eliades, T
Right arrow Articles by Eliades, G
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Eliades, T
Right arrow Articles by Eliades, G
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontics Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Oestrogenicity of orthodontic adhesive resins

T Eliades*, V Gioni**, D Kletsas**, AE Athanasiou* and G Eliades***

* Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
** Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Ageing, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens
*** Department of Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, University of Athens, Greece

Address for correspondence Theodore Eliades, 57 Agnoston Hiroon Street, Nea Ionia, Athens 14231, Greece E-mail: teliades{at}ath.forthnet.gr


  Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the oestrogenic action of a chemically cured, no-mix (Rely-a-Bond) and a light-cured (Reliance) orthodontic adhesive resin. The adhesives were bonded to 40 stainless steel maxillary incisor brackets (Diamond) divided into two equal groups, employing a method which simulated the clinical handling of materials. In total, three series of specimens were prepared for each adhesive–bracket group. All specimens were immersed in normal saline. Samples of eluent were removed from each group at 1 day and 1 week following incubation and tested for oestrogenicity by measuring their effect on the proliferation of the oestrogen-responsive MCF-7 breast cancer cells, while an oestrogen-insensitive cell line (MB-231 human breast adenocarcinoma) was used as a control.

Three-way analysis of variance with adhesive, concentration of eluent, and immersion period were used as discriminating variables. No evidence was found of stimulation of proliferation of these cells, indicating the absence of any oestrogenicity of orthodontic adhesive eluents.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.