Bakgrund: Kunskapen om barnmisshandel hos vårdpersonal har börjat kritiseras i Sverige. Röntgensjuksköterskan är skyldig att rapportera vid misstänkt barnmisshandel och behöver därför kunna identifiera dessa fall. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva radiologiska fynd som kan indikera barnmisshandel. Metod: Studierna i denna litteraturstudie kvalitetsgranskades, analyserades och bearbetades för att sammanställa ett resultat. Tio kvantitativa studier ingick i resultatet för litteraturstudien. PubMed och CINAHL användes som sökdatabaser. Resultat: Resultatet presenterades i tre kategorier: hjärnskador och blödningar, frakturer och ligamentskador. Konklusion: Vanliga radiologiska fynd som kan indikera barnmisshandel är subduralblödningar, revbensfrakturer och rörbensfrakturer. Vidare forskning bör utföras för att undersöka prevalensen av frakturer i händer och fötter samt ligamentskador i halsryggen vid misstänkt barnmisshandel. / Background: Swedish health care professionals’ knowledge about child abuse has lately been criticized. The radiographer is obligated to report on suspected child abuse and therefore needs to be able to identify these cases. Aim: The aim was to describe radiological findings that might indicate child abuse. Method: The studies in this literature review were quality assessed, analyzed and processed to compile the results. The results consisted of ten quantitative studies. PubMed and CINAHL were used as search databases. Results: The results were presented in three categories: brain injuries and hemorrhages, fractures and ligamentous injuries. Conclusion: Common radiological findings that might indicate child abuse are subdural hemorrhages, rib fractures and long bone fractures. Continued research should be conducted to investigate the prevalence of fractures in hands and feet, and also ligamentous injuries of the cervical spine in suspected child abuse.

Student Number: 0420801P Master of Science in Engineering. Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment / Underground observations at a coal mine indicated failure of the immediate roof above the bords while pillars were observed to be intact. To determine the underlying causes of roof failures, careful observations and photographic recording of occurrences of roof failures have been made. Rock samples of the immediate shale roof were collected for laboratory testing to determine the rock strength and deformation properties. Numerical simulations were carried out to analyse stress and strain distributions and also to attempt to explain the guttering process. Mapping of roof failures showed that these took place mainly towards the centre of the roadways. The roof failures, termed “roof guttering”, were observed to occur violently and with little warning. Occurrence of roof guttering had a negative impact on production. Some panels are abandoned, production times have increased and safety of workers is compromised. The mine authorities initially thought that roof guttering was caused by shear failure of the rock mass. Roof bolts are therefore used as a means of primary support. No improvements have been observed. Increasing the size of pillars has not solved the problem either. It has only increased the amount of coal left in the pillars without any improvements in reducing roof failures. Stress measurement results carried out in 2001 showed that high horizontal stresses exist at the mine. The immediate shale roof was observed to be weak. Laboratory testing showed that the shale rock is transversely isotropic. Numerical modelling results indicated that there are insignificant stress concentrations towards the centre of the roadway using the elastic and transversely isotropic elastic models. Stress concentrations were predicted at the roof-pillar contact area. It is therefore expected that failure should initiate and occur at the roof-pillar contact area. The Mohr-Coulomb and Mohr-Coulomb strain softening models predicted shear failure at the roof-pillar contact area. The two models over predicted the depth and under predicted the width of failures. The extension strain criterion predicted correctly the depth and width of failures although the failures were predicted at the roof-pillar contact area while the observations indicated failure mainly towards the centre of the roads. Initiation of failure was predicted ahead of the coal face at the centre of the road position using the extension strain criterion. Although none of the constitutive behaviours predicted correctly the observed underground failures the extension strain criterion has shown the best agreement. Guttering that occurred at the roof-pillar contact was modelled successfully using the extension strain criterion. The extension strain criterion predicted initiation of failure ahead of the coal face at the road centre position. It is possible that fracture initiation could be taking place in this location ahead of the coal face, and, on blasting the rock that has been fractured falls forming a gutter at the centre of the road.

Les lasers femtosecondes sont un outil efficace pour induire des modifications structurelles localisées en volume dans les matériaux diélectriques. Initialement transparents, les diélectriques ne commencent à absorber efficacement l’énergie laser que lorsque l’intensité excède le seuil de claquage optique du matériau. Cette propriété, couplée à une durée d’impulsion femtoseconde plus courte que les temps caractéristiques de relaxation de la matière, permet d’obtenir un dépôt d’énergie précis et localisé dans le volume irradié. Pour modéliser la formation de telles structures, un modèle thermo-élasto-plastique en géométrie 2D planaire, incluant la transition solide-liquide via un modèle de ramollissement, a été implémenté dans un code hydrodynamique lagrangien. Des études de la formation d’une cavité et de l’interaction de multiple cavités ont tout d’abord été réalisées en supposant un dépôt instantané d’énergie laser dans le volume d’une cible de silice fondue. La relaxation de la matière chauffée, portée à l’état de plasma dense, induit alors la propagation d’ondes de choc dans le solide froid environnant. Des déformations permanentes peuvent apparaître dans le matériau si la contrainte, induite par ces ondes, excède la limite élastique. Ces premières études ont notamment permis de comprendre et de décrire les différentes étapes de la formation de micro-structures, fortement corrélées au comportement élasto-plastique du solide environnante. De plus, en utilisant une loi de Weibull, tenant compte de la densité de défauts dans la matière, des probabilités de fractures dans le matériau ont été calculées. Dans un second temps, la structuration de la silice fondue par un faisceau de Bessel a été considérée. Un solveur de Maxwell 3D, couplé à une description fluide de la dynamique électronique, a été utilisé pour modéliser le dépôt d’énergie laser. Les résultats ont permis de comprendre comment s’établit le dépôt d’énergie et rendent compte des effets des différents processus d’ionisation sur les évolutions des profils de densité et d’énergie électronique. Des simulations thermo-élasto-plastiques ont ensuite étaient réalisées en utilisant le dépôt d’énergie calculé. Différents types de déformations induites dans la silice ont pu être mis en évidence en fonction de l’énergie et de la durée de l’impulsion incidente, en accord avec les observations expérimentales. / Femtosecond laser pulses are an efficient tool to induce localized structural modifications in the bulk of dielectrics materials. The dielectrics, initially transparent, start to efficiently absorb the energy when the laser intensity exceeds the optical breakdown threshold of the material. This property, coupled to a femtosecond pulse duration smaller than the caracteristic relaxation times of matter, allows to induce a localized and accurate energy deposition in the irradiated volume. In order to model the formation of such structures, a 2D thermo-elasto-plastic model, including solid-liquid transitions through a softening model, has been implemented in a lagrangian hydrodynamic code. Studies on the formation of a single cavity and several interacting cavities have been firstly performed, assuming an instantaneous energy deposition in the bulk of fused silica. The relaxation of the heated matter, transformed to a warm dense plasma, induces shock waves in the surrounding cold solid. Permanent deformations may appear if the stress, induced by the waves, exceeds the yield strength of the material. This first study allowed to understand and describe the various steps of the micro-structures formation, which are strongly correlated to the elasto-plastic behavior of the surrounding solid. Furthermore, by using a Weibull’s law, accounting for defects density in the material, cracks probabilities have been predicted. Secondly, the structuration of fused silica by a Bessel beam has been considered. For that purpose, a 3D Maxwell solver coupled to a fluid description of the electron dynamics has been used to model the laser energy deposition. Results allow to understand how the energy deposition establishes and show the effects of the different ionization processes on the electron density and energy profiles. Then, thermo-elasto-plastic simulations have been carried out including the calculated energy deposition. Various kinds of induced deformations in fused silica have been obtained depending on the incident pulse energy and duration, which is in agreement with experimental observations.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar comparativamente in vitro a resistência à fratura radicular de dentes tratados endodonticamente usando diferentes materiais obturadores: AH Plus (Dentsply/De Trey, Alemanha), Real Seal (Sybron Endo, EUA), GuttaFlow (Coltène/Whaledent, Suíça) , ActiV GP (Brasseler, EUA) e Thermafil (Dentsply-Tulsa Dental, EUA). Sessenta e quatro pré-molares inferiores foram divididos em Grupo Controle (n=4), onde as raízes não foram nem instrumentadas nem obturadas e outros 5 grupos de acordo com os materiais obturadores empregados: Grupo AH Plus (n=12); Grupo Real Seal (n=12); Grupo GuttaFlow (n=12); Grupo ActiV GP (n=12); Grupo Thermafil (n=12). As raízes foram instrumentadas com o sistema Protaper Universal (Dentsply-Maillefer, Suíça), e em seguida foram obturadas com os respectivos materiais. Após a obturação, todos os espécimes foram armazenados à 37º C com 100% de umidade por 72 horas e incluídos em resina acrílica. O ligamento periodontal foi simulado com Impregum, que formou uma fina camada entre a raiz e a resina acrílica. Os espécimes foram submetidos ao teste de resistência à fratura em uma máquina de ensaios triaxiais (1,0mm/min). Os valores médios obtidos e o desvio padrão (em Newtons) em ordem decrescente foram: Grupo controle 394,25 ± 56,17 N; Grupo ActiV GP 263 ± 89,32 N; Grupo Thermafil 198,17 ± 61,65 N; Grupo AH Plus 158,08 ± 31,56 N; Grupo Real Seal 154,92 ± 42,64 N e Grupo GuttaFlow 107,92 ± 20,72 N. Os dados foram submetidos aos testes ANOVA e Dunett (5%). Dentre os grupos experimentais, as raízes obturadas com ActiV GP mostraram-se mais resistentes à força vertical aplicada, porém similares aos grupos controle e Thermafil. Os grupos AH Plus, Real Seal e Thermafil mostraram-se similares estatisticamente quanto à resistência à fratura. O grupo GuttaFlow apresentou menores valores médios de resistência à fratura. / The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro vertical fracture resistance of endodontically treated teeth using different root filling materials: AH Plus (Dentsply/De Trey, Alemanha), Real Seal (Sybron Endo, EUA), GuttaFlow (Coltène/Whaledent, Suíça) , ActiV GP (Brasseler, EUA) and Thermafil (Dentsply- Tulsa Dental, EUA). Sixty four single-rooted human lower premolar were assigned into a Control Group (n=4), where the roots were not prepared or filled, and five experimental groups (n=12) according to the root filling materials: Group AH Plus; Group Real Seal; Group GuttaFlow; Group ActiV GP; Group Thermafil. The roots were prepared using Protaper Universal system (Dentsply-Maillefer, Suíça) and filled using one of the root filling materials. Then, the specimens were stored at 37º C at 100% humidity for 72 hours and included in acrylic resin. The periodontal ligament was simulated by the use of Impregum, which made a thin layer between the root and acrylic resin. The specimens were submitted to a vertical fracture resistance using a testing machine triaxiais (1,0mm/min). The values (Newton) and standard deviations obtained were: Control Group 394,25 ± 56,17N; Group ActiV GP 263 ± 89,32N; Group Thermafil 198,17 ± 61,65N; Group AH Plus 158,08 ± 31,56N; Group Real Seal 154,92 ± 42,64N and Group GuttaFlow 107,92 ± 20,72N. The data were submitted to ANOVA e Dunett tests (5%). Among the experimental groups, roots filled with ActiV GP showed the highest values of resistance of load vertical was applied, and were similar to Control Group and Thermafil. AH Plus, Real Seal and Thermafil groups showed statistical similar fracture resistance. GuttaFlow Group showed the lowest values of fracture resistance.

As fraturas de mandíbula são freqüentes e o seu tratamento é por meio de fixação interna rígida. Complicações podem ocorrer após o tratamento das fraturas mandibulares levando a necessidade de reabordagem cirúrgica, havendo poucos estudos a esse respeito na literatura. A proposta deste estudo retrospectivo foi avaliar as características, os possíveis fatores de risco e os tipos de tratamento realizado em pacientes que necessitaram de reabordagem cirúrgica de fraturas de mandíbula tratadas com fixação interna rígida (FIR). Dentre 364 pacientes tratados por fraturas de mandíbula com FIR, houve 17 pacientes (4,7%) que necessitaram de reabordagem cirúrgica, tendo sido incluídos três pacientes provenientes de outros serviços, totalizando 20 casos com necessidade de nova cirurgia. Houve predomínio do gênero masculino, com idade média de 31,4 anos, sendo freqüentes o tabagismo e o etilismo. Foram freqüentes fraturas múltiplas e cominutivas nas regiões de corpo e ângulo mandibular, dente no traço e exposição intraoral da fratura. O tempo de espera para primeira cirurgia foi alto e o acesso extraoral e o sistema de fixação menos rígido 2.0 mm foram freqüentes. As complicações mais comuns foram dor, infecção e mobilidade anormal. Nas culturas bacterianas houve predomínio do Staphylococcus aureus e a imagem mais freqüente foi de reabsorção óssea difusa, seguida por parafuso solto, seqüestro ósseo, traço de fratura visível, fixação solta e placa fraturada. A reabordagem cirúrgica ocorreu em média de 7,5 meses após a primeira cirurgia e constou de remoção dos meios de fixação associada ou não a nova fixação ou ainda a remoção de seqüestro ósseo, sendo que apenas um caso necessitou de refratura. Histologicamente houve predomínio de osteomielite crônica. Os diagnósticos em ordem decrescente foram infecção, pseudoartrose, osteomielite e placa exposta, sendo que muitos pacientes tiveram mais de um diagnóstico. Foi destacada a freqüência de tabagismo e etilismo, fraturas múltiplas e cominutivas na região de corpo e ângulo mandibular, dente no traço, exposição intraoral, tempo de espera alto e acesso extraoral predispondo complicações das fraturas mandibulares e exames de imagem de reabsorção óssea, fixação e parafusos solto e seqüestro ósseo e diagnóstico histológico de osteomielite como característica dos casos requerendo nova cirurgia. / Mandibular fractures are frequent and their treatment is through rigid internal fixation (RIF). Complications can occur after treatment of the mandibular fractures which may require a new surgical procedure, and there are a few studies about that in the literature. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the characteristics, possible risk factors, and the kinds of treatment did in patients which needed another surgery after treatment of mandibular fracture with RIF. From 364 patients with mandibular fractures treated by RIF, there were 17 patients (4.7%) with need of a new surgery, and 3 patients coming from another city were included, comprising a total of 20 patients who needed a new surgery. There was predominance of the male gender, with a mean age of 31.4 years, being frequent smoking and alcohol abuse. Multiple and comminuted fractures on the body and angle sites, teeth in the fracture line, and intraorally exposed fractures were frequent. Delay time to the first surgery was high, and extraoral approaches and system 2.0mm were predominant. The most common complications were pain, infection and abnormal mobility. In the bacterial culture there was predominance of Staphylococcus aureus, and the most frequent radiographic images were of diffuse bone resorption, loosening of screws, bone sequestration, fracture line visible, loose fixation, and fractured plate. A new surgery occurred with a mean of 7.5 months after the first intervention and comprised plate and screws removal associated or not to a new fixation or bone sequestra removal, and only a case the fracture needed to be osteotomized. Histologically there was predominance of chronic osteomyelitis. The diagnoses in decreasing order were infection, nonunion, osteomyelitis and exposed plate, although many patients had more than one diagnosis. It was evidenced the frequency of smoking and alcohol abuse, multiple and comminuted fracture on the body and angle regions, teeth in the fracture line, intraoral fracture exposition, high delay time and extraoral approaches predisposing complications of the mandibular fractures, and images showing bony resorption, loose hardware and bone sequestra, as well as histological diagnosis of osteomyelitis as characteristic of the cases requiring a new surgery.

Objetivo: realizar a caracterização do sistema miofuncional orofacial de indivíduos adultos com fraturas de face, que foram submetidos à procedimentos cirúrgicos distintos para a correção das fraturas (redução aberta e fechada). Métodos: 57 participantes divididos em três grupos: G1- composto por 19 indivíduos submetidos a redução aberta de pelo menos uma das fraturas faciais; G2- composto por 19 indivíduos submetidos a redução fechada da fratura; GC - 19 indivíduos voluntários saudáveis, sem alterações no sistema miofuncional orofacial. Todos os participantes foram submetidos à avaliação que consistiu na aplicação de um protocolo clínico para a avaliação da motricidade orofacial, a amplitude dos movimentos mandibulares e a avaliação da musculatura mastigatória por meio da eletromiografia de superfície (EMGs). Resultados: os resultados indicaram que para avaliação clínica da motricidade orofacial, ambos os grupos com fratura de face se diferenciaram do grupo controle, apresentando prejuízo na mobilidade dos órgãos fonoarticulatórios e nas funções de mastigação e deglutição. Os grupos com fratura de face não se diferenciaram neste item da avaliação. Quanto às medidas de amplitude mandibular, os grupos com fratura de face também se diferenciaram do grupo controle, apresentando maior restrição da mobilidade mandibular. Nesta etapa da avaliação, o grupo submetido à redução fechada da fratura apresentou maior amplitude de movimentos, se comparado ao grupo submetido à redução aberta da mesma, principalmente para a medida de abertura oral máxima. Na avaliação eletromiográfica dos músculos mastigatórios, o grupo submetido à redução aberta da fratura apresentou menor ativação muscular se comparado aos demais grupos. Ambos os grupos com fraturas de face se diferenciaram significantemente do grupo controle quando considerado o índice de assimetria do músculo masseter, apresentando funcionamento muscular mais assimétrico na tarefa de máxima intercuspidação dentária. Conclusão: Os pacientes com trauma de face apresentam alterações significativas em postura, mobilidade, funções orofaciais, amplitude mandibular e na atividade eletromiográfica. O tipo de tratamento médico não influenciou os resultados da funcionalidade muscular no período de até seis meses após a correção da fratura / Purpose: to characterize the oral-motor sytem of adults with facial factures, comparing the performance of individuals submitted to open and closed surgical treatment. Methods: 57 adults divided into three groups: G1 - 19 individuals submitted to open surgery for the correction of at least one of the facial fractures; G2 - 19 individuals submitted to closed surgery for the correction of facial fractures; GC - 19 voluntary healthy individuals, with no alterations of the orofacial myofunctional system. All participants underwent the same assessment: clinical assessment of the orofacial myofunctional system; evaluation of the mandibular range of movements; and surface electromyography (sEMG) of the masticatory muscles. Results: the results indicated that both groups with facial fractures presented significant differences when compared to the control group, in terms of the mobility of the oral-motor organs, mastication and swallowing. However, the groups with facial fractures did not differ in performance. Regarding the measurements obtained for the mandibular movements, both groups with facial fractures presented significant differences when compared to the control group, indicating greater restrictions in mandibular movements. The group submitted to closed surgery presented better range of movements when compared to the group submitted to open surgery, especially when considering the measurement of maximal mandibular opening. When analyzing the results of the sEMG, the group submitted to open surgery presented lower muscle activation when compared to the other two groups. Both groups with facial fractures differed significantly from the control group when considering the index of asymmetry for the masseter muscle, presenting a more asymmetrical muscle function during the task of maximum voluntary teeth clenching. Conclusion: Patients with facial trauma present significant deficits in posture, mobility and function of the oral motor system. The type of medical treatment did not have an influence on the results of muscle function during the first six months after fracture reduction

Este trabalho avaliou a reparação e indicadores de desnutrição de ratos submetidos à fratura unilateral de côndilo mandibular e com desnutrição protéica (8% de proteína com suplemento de vitaminas e minerais). Foram utilizados 45 Rattus norvegicus Wistar, adultos machos, distribuídos em 3 grupos de 15 animais: grupo fraturado, submetido à fratura de côndilo, sem alteração de dieta (23% de proteínas); grupo fraturado desnutrido, submetido à dieta hipoprotéica por 30 dias e posterior fratura condilar; grupo desnutrido, com dieta hipoprotéica prévia por 30 dias e mantida até o final do experimento, sem fratura de côndilo. Foi documentada a quantidade de ingestão de ração e água, feita a avaliação do peso e obtido o coeficiente de eficácia alimentar (CEA). Os animais foram sacrificados nos períodos de 24 horas e 7, 15, 30 e 90 dias pós-operatório. Foram realizados os seguintes testes bioquímicos do sangue: proteínas totais, albumina sérica, cálcio sérico, fosfatase alcalina, ferro sérico e creatinina sérica; e o leucograma. A seguir, foram feitas mensurações cefalométicas por radiografias da maxila e da mandíbula. O estudo histológico compreendeu a avaliação do local da fratura e da articulação temporomandibular. Os valores numéricos foram submetidos a análises estatísticas. O consumo de ração e água foi maior no grupo fraturado desnutrido, na maioria dos períodos. Os valores do CEA foram baixos principalmente nos períodos iniciais, sendo mais significativos para o grupo fraturado desnutrido. Houve pouco ganho de peso nos períodos iniciais, exceto no grupo fraturado desnutrido que apresentou perdas significativas, havendo recuperação de peso nos demais períodos, significativamente menor neste grupo. Os testes de bioquímica do sangue mostraram queda, principalmente nos períodos iniciais, para os valores de proteínas totais e albumina, bem como para cálcio sérico em todos os períodos, significante para o grupo fraturado desnutrido. O leucograma mostrou aumento, principalmente nos períodos iniciais, de leucócitos, linfócitos e neutrófilos, mais significativo no grupo fraturado desnutrido. Houve desvio da linha média mandibular em relação à linha média maxilar, significante para o grupo fraturado desnutrido, bem como assimetria de maxila e mandíbula, em especial no período final do experimento. A análise histológica mostrou que a desnutrição protéica levou à atrofia da fibrocartilagem do côndilo. A fratura sob desnutrição comprometeu a formação do calo ósseo, bem como houve anquilose fibrosa. Foi concluído que a fratura de côndilo mandibular em ratos com desnutrição protéica promoveu alterações negativas nos valores de proteínas totais, albumina e cálcio sérico, leucocitose, bem como comprometeu a formação do calo ósseo e induziu atrofia da fibrocartilagem e anquilose fibrosa. / This study evaluated the healing and undernutrition indicatives of rats submitted to mandibular condyle fracture and with protein undernutrition (8% of protein with vitamin and minerals supplement). Forty-five adult male Wistar Rattus norvegicus were used and distributed in 3 groups of 15 animals: fracture group, submitted to condylar fracture with no changes in diet (23% of proteins); undernutrition fracture group, submitted to hypoproteic diet by 30 days and later to condylar fracture; undernutrition group, with previous hypoproteic diet by 30 days, kept until the end of experiment, without condylar fracture. The amounts of feed and water intake were registered, as well as body weight and food efficiency ratio (FER) were obtained. Animals were sacrificed at 24 hours and 7, 15, 30 and 90 days postoperatively. The following blood biochemical tests were made: total serum proteins, serum albumin, serum calcium, alkaline phosphatase, serum iron, and serum creatinine; and also white blood count. Subsequently, cephalometric mensurations by radiograms of the maxilla and mandible were made. Histological study comprised fracture site and temporomandibular joint evaluations. Numerical values were submitted to statistical analyses. Feed and water intake were higher in undernutrition fracture group, in most of periods. Values of FER were low, in special in the initial periods, being more significative to undernutrition fracture group. There was low gain of weight in the initial periods, but undernutrition fracture group which presented significative loss of weight, with recovering of weight in the remaining periods, significatively lower in this group. Blood biochemical tests showed decrease, mainly in the initial periods, of the values of total serum proteins and serum albumin, as well as serum calcium in all the periods, significative to undernutrition fracture group. White blood count showed increase, in special in the initial periods, of leukocytes, lymphocytes and neutrophils, more significative in undernutrition fracture group. There was deviation of the median line of the mandible relative to the median line of the maxilla, significative to undernutrition fracture group, as well as asymmetry of the maxilla and mandible, in special in the final period of experiment. Histological analysis showed that proteic undernutrition lead to atrophy of condylar fibrocartilage. Fracture in undernutrition impaired callus formation, as well as there was fibrous ankylosis. It was concluded that mandibular condyle fracture in rats with proteic undernutrition promoted negative alterations in values of total proteins, albumin and serum calcium, leukocytosis, as well as impaired callus formation, and induced atrophy of condylar fibrocartilage and fibrous ankylosis.

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o torque e a carga axial de inserção e a severidade das lesões radiculares em dentes humanos decorrentes da utilização de diferentes diâmetros de mini-implantes com finalidade ortodôntica. Sessenta pré-molares extraídos foram inclusos em osso artificial e divididos em 3 grupos, correspondentes a 3 diferentes diâmetros de mini-implante (1,4mm, 1,6mm e 1,8mm). Em cada raiz dentária foram inseridos manualmente 2 mini-implantes autoperfurantes utilizando dois métodos de inserção (com e sem perfuração prévia inicial com fresa) e em duas alturas (apical e cervical). Quinze mini-implantes foram inseridos apenas em osso artificial como parâmetro de comparação. Foram quantificados o torque e a carga axial de inserção através de um torquímetro axial digital e uma célula de carga respectivamente. Os dentes foram, então, escaneados e analisados através de microtomografia computadorizada (Micro-CT) a fim de se observar as severidades das lesões radiculares provocadas pelos mini-implantes. Os dados referentes ao torque e à carga axial dos mini-implantes inseridos em pré-molares foram submetidos à análise de variância (ANOVA) a três critérios, sendo aplicados posteriormente testes de Tukey para comparação entre os grupos. A diferença dos torques e das cargas axiais entre os mini-implantes inseridos no osso artificial e nas raízes dentárias foi estimada por testes t. Foram aplicados também testes de Qui-Quadrado para avaliar as severidades das lesões radiculares. Tanto os torques como as cargas axiais de inserção dos mini-implantes inseridos em raízes de dentes humanos apresentaram diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre os diferentes diâmetros avaliados, porém sem um padrão definido. Os miniimplantes inseridos nas raízes apresentaram valores maiores estatisticamente significantes do que os inseridos em osso artificial somente em relação à carga axial. As lesões radiculares de dentes humanos decorrentes dos mini-implantes se tornaram mais severas estatisticamente com a perfuração prévia inicial ao procedimento de inserção. / The aim of this study was to evaluate placement torque, axial placement load and severity of root lesions in human teeth caused by different diameters of orthodontic mini-implants. Sixty extracted premolars were included in artificial bone and divided into three groups according to different mini-implant diameters (1.4mm, 1.6mm and 1.8mm). Two self-drilling mini-implants were manually inserted into each root using two placement methods (with and without initial pre-drilling) in the apical and cervical regions. Fifteen mini-implants were inserted into artificial bone as a comparison parameter. Placement torque and axial placement load were quantified by a digital torquimeter and a load cell, respectively. The teeth were scanned and analyzed with microcomputed tomography (Micro-CT) to observe the severity of root lesions caused by the mini-implants. The torque and the axial load of mini-implants inserted into premolars were analyzed by 3-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), followed by Tukey tests. Differences in the torques and axial loads between the mini-implants inserted in dental roots and artificial bone were compared with t tests. Chi-square tests were applied to assess the severity of root lesions. The placement torques and the axial placement loads of mini-implants inserted into human dental roots showed significant differences between the different diameters evaluated, but with no standardized effect. Mini-implants inserted into the roots showed significantly higher axial placement load values than those inserted into artificial bone. The root lesions of human teeth caused by mini-implants became statistically more severe with initial pre-drilling.

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o torque e a carga axial de inserção e a severidade das lesões radiculares em dentes humanos decorrentes da utilização de diferentes diâmetros de mini-implantes com finalidade ortodôntica. Sessenta pré-molares extraídos foram inclusos em osso artificial e divididos em 3 grupos, correspondentes a 3 diferentes diâmetros de mini-implante (1,4mm, 1,6mm e 1,8mm). Em cada raiz dentária foram inseridos manualmente 2 mini-implantes autoperfurantes utilizando dois métodos de inserção (com e sem perfuração prévia inicial com fresa) e em duas alturas (apical e cervical). Quinze mini-implantes foram inseridos apenas em osso artificial como parâmetro de comparação. Foram quantificados o torque e a carga axial de inserção através de um torquímetro axial digital e uma célula de carga respectivamente. Os dentes foram, então, escaneados e analisados através de microtomografia computadorizada (Micro-CT) a fim de se observar as severidades das lesões radiculares provocadas pelos mini-implantes. Os dados referentes ao torque e à carga axial dos mini-implantes inseridos em pré-molares foram submetidos à análise de variância (ANOVA) a três critérios, sendo aplicados posteriormente testes de Tukey para comparação entre os grupos. A diferença dos torques e das cargas axiais entre os mini-implantes inseridos no osso artificial e nas raízes dentárias foi estimada por testes t. Foram aplicados também testes de Qui-Quadrado para avaliar as severidades das lesões radiculares. Tanto os torques como as cargas axiais de inserção dos mini-implantes inseridos em raízes de dentes humanos apresentaram diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre os diferentes diâmetros avaliados, porém sem um padrão definido. Os miniimplantes inseridos nas raízes apresentaram valores maiores estatisticamente significantes do que os inseridos em osso artificial somente em relação à carga axial. As lesões radiculares de dentes humanos decorrentes dos mini-implantes se tornaram mais severas estatisticamente com a perfuração prévia inicial ao procedimento de inserção. / The aim of this study was to evaluate placement torque, axial placement load and severity of root lesions in human teeth caused by different diameters of orthodontic mini-implants. Sixty extracted premolars were included in artificial bone and divided into three groups according to different mini-implant diameters (1.4mm, 1.6mm and 1.8mm). Two self-drilling mini-implants were manually inserted into each root using two placement methods (with and without initial pre-drilling) in the apical and cervical regions. Fifteen mini-implants were inserted into artificial bone as a comparison parameter. Placement torque and axial placement load were quantified by a digital torquimeter and a load cell, respectively. The teeth were scanned and analyzed with microcomputed tomography (Micro-CT) to observe the severity of root lesions caused by the mini-implants. The torque and the axial load of mini-implants inserted into premolars were analyzed by 3-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), followed by Tukey tests. Differences in the torques and axial loads between the mini-implants inserted in dental roots and artificial bone were compared with t tests. Chi-square tests were applied to assess the severity of root lesions. The placement torques and the axial placement loads of mini-implants inserted into human dental roots showed significant differences between the different diameters evaluated, but with no standardized effect. Mini-implants inserted into the roots showed significantly higher axial placement load values than those inserted into artificial bone. The root lesions of human teeth caused by mini-implants became statistically more severe with initial pre-drilling.

Wei, Fangyuan. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-211). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.