Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Homoeopathy, Technikon Natal, 2002. / The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative effectiveness of Homoeopathic Similimum against a Homoeopathic Complex (Chamomilla 30CH Belladonna 30CH and Scutellaria lateriflora 06) in the treatment of problematic primary dental eruption, thereby expanding on previous nornoeopathic research. This study was a double blind randomised clinical investigation, which compared a Homoeopathic Teething Complex with Homoeopathic Similimum treatment. Thirty infants were selected for this study if they were between the ages of four months and three years and experiencing problematic teething. The criteria for the study required that the infants involved exhibited the following signs and symptoms of teething: irritability, waking at night, biting and chewing objects, decreased appetite, increased thirst, diarrhoea without dehydration, hypersalivation, flushed cheeks or circumoral rash and swollen red gums. / M

Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's degree in Technology: Homoeopathy at Technikon Natal, 2000. / The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative effectiveness of a Homoeopathic complex (Calcarea carbonica 15CH, Calcarea phosphorica 15CH, Chamomilla 30CH, Kreosotum 30CH and Pulsatilla 30CH) compared to a herbal teething gel (plantago tincture, Verbascum tincture and Kava Kava tincture) in terms of the clinical manifestations of problematic teething in infants. / M

Teething, a common subject of discussion among nursing mothers has been held responsible for a variety of childhood ailments by both health professionals and parents. It appears to be a social construct coined by society to express the experience the child goes through during early days of childhood. Teething to the dental profession is the biological expression of tooth movement, in a predominantly axial direction, from the tooth's developmental position within the jaws to its emergence in the oral cavity. Several studies have reported both health professionals and parents to attribute local and systematic disturbances to the eruption of the primary dentition. The mothers experience and understanding of teeting have not been reported on. The aim of this study was therefore to explore the mothers experience of their child's teething. The objectives of the study were to determine what mothers understood by the term teething / to establish the signs and symptoms mothers associate with teething / to ascertain the treatment sought by mothers for their child's teething / to investigate how mothers in different setting understand and respond to teething.

Teething, a common subject of discussion among nursing mothers has been held responsible for a variety of childhood ailments by both health professionals and parents. It appears to be a social construct coined by society to express the experience the child goes through during early days of childhood. Teething to the dental profession is the biological expression of tooth movement, in a predominantly axial direction, from the tooth's developmental position within the jaws to its emergence in the oral cavity. Several studies have reported both health professionals and parents to attribute local and systematic disturbances to the eruption of the primary dentition. The mothers experience and understanding of teeting have not been reported on. The aim of this study was therefore to explore the mothers experience of their child's teething. The objectives of the study were to determine what mothers understood by the term teething / to establish the signs and symptoms mothers associate with teething / to ascertain the treatment sought by mothers for their child's teething / to investigate how mothers in different setting understand and respond to teething.

Orientador: Pedro Duarte Novaes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T03:52:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Omar_NadiaFayez_D.pdf: 1979982 bytes, checksum: 2ca79a3afb3b73396fe8807889683960 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O ligamento periodontal (LP) é um tecido conjuntivo que ocupa o espaço entre o dente e seu alvéolo, e tem a função principal de ancoragem e suporte dos dentes. Baseados em dados na literatura que mostram que dentes em hipofunção são mais facilmente extraídos, investigamos qual(is) fatores e/ou moléculas poderiam ter relação com esse enfraquecimento da ancoragem do dente no osso por meio do LP. Dentre eles, investigamos a expressão de MMPs e TIMP-2, e organização do colágeno no LP, além da resistência que o LP oferece ao movimento eruptivo nos incisivos de ratos. Para isso, produzimos alteração na erupção de incisivos inferiores de ratos, durante períodos experimentais diferentes, produzindo hipofunção, hiperfunção e contenção do processo eruptivo, além da erupção normal; fazendo a medição da taxa de erupção em todos os grupos ao longo do período experimental. Os resultados mostraram que no grupo hipofuncional a atividade de MMP-2 e a desorganização do colágeno aumentaram, contribuindo para a diminuição da força de resistência ao movimento eruptivo e para o aumento da taxa de erupção neste grupo. No grupo contido, a erupção dos incisivos foi interrompida, porém a atividade de MMP-2 aumentou em níveis variados ao longo do período experimental, enquanto a organização do colágeno e, consequentemente, a força de resistência do LP ao movimento eruptivo foram levemente menores. Por outro lado no grupo hiperfuncional a taxa de erupção não sofreu alteração, mas a atividade de MMP-2 estava aumentada, juntamente com a força de resistência do LP ao movimento eruptivo, com leve desorganização do colágeno indicando, portanto, possíveis alterações em outras moléculas envolvidas no processo de remodelação da matriz extracelular no ligamento periodontal. As análises de MT1-MMP e TIMP-2, nas condições deste estudo, não mostraram diferenças estatísticas entre os grupos e períodos estudados. Esses dados sugerem papel da MMP-2 na remodelação do ligamento periodontal de incisivos de ratos, durante alterações na erupção, atuando diretamente sobre a degradação do colágeno, o que leva à alterações na resistência do ligamento ao movimento eruptivo, principalmente em hipofunção; e que MT1- MMP e TIMP-2 podem ter participação secundária neste processo / Abstract: The periodontal ligament (PL) is a tissue that occupies the space between tooth and its socket, and has main function to anchor and support the teeth. Based on published datas showing that hypofunctional teeth are more easily extracted, we investigated which one(s) factors and/or molecules could be related to the weakening of the periodontal ligament anchoring. We investigated the expression of MMPs and TIMP-2, collagen organization in the PL, and the resistance that the PL offers to the eruptive movement in rat incisors. Therefore, we altered the eruption of rat incisors, during different experimental periods, producing hypofunction, hyperfunction and restrain of the eruptive process, beyond the normal eruption, measuring the eruption rate, in all groups, throughout the experimental period. The results showed that in the hypofunctional group the MMP-2 activity and collagen disorganization increased, contributing to the decrease in the resistance strength to the eruptive movement and increased eruption rate in this group. In the restrain group, the incisor eruption was interrupted, but the MMP-2 activity increased, to varying degrees, throughout the experimental period, while the collagen organization and, thus, the resistance strength to the eruptive movement of the PL were slightly lower. On the other hand, in the hyperfunctional group the eruption rate did not change, but MMP-2 activity and PL resistance strength to eruptive movement were increased, with a slight collagen disorganization, indicating, therefore, possible changes in other molecules involved in the periodontal ligament extracellular matrix remodeling. Analyses of MT1-MMP and TIMP-2, under the conditions of this study, showed no statistical differences between groups and experimental periods. These data suggest the role of MMP-2 in periodontal ligament remodeling of rat incisors, during altered eruption, acting directly on collagen degradation, which leads to changes in PL resistance to the eruptive movement, in hypofunction condition, and MT1- MMP and TIMP-2 may have secondary participation in this process / Doutorado / Histologia e Embriologia / Doutor em Biologia Buco-Dental

Orientador: Pedro Duarte Novaes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T04:08:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pasetto_Silvana_D.pdf: 2934024 bytes, checksum: e55fbc0178e149fd28ba97d8ca9267d2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo, foi analisar, por meio da técnica de imunohistoquímica, a distribuição do EGF, EGFr, TGF-b1, IL-1a e CSF-1, em 3 diferentes regiões dos incisivos inferiores de ratos, em condições funcionais normais e alteradas. Cinquenta animais, tiveram seus incisivos inferiores esquerdos, seccionados na altura da papila interdental, permanecendo fora de oclusão, sendo considerados hipofuncionais (Ho), seus contralaterais, em sobrecarga de função foram chamados hiperfuncionais (Hr). Vinte e cinco destes animais, sofreram a intervenção apenas uma única vez, sendo sacrificados 8 horas após, os outros vinte e cinco animais, sofreram a intervenção a cada 2 dias, sendo sacrificados no 8o dia de desoclusão. Dez animais pertencentes ao grupo controle (c), tiveram seus incisivos mantidos em condições funcionais normais de erupção. As hemimandíbulas de todos os animais foram fixadas em Karnovsky (com 0,1% de glutaraldeído), descalcificadas em EDTA 4,13%, subdivididas transversalmente em 5 regiões e incluídas em paraplast. Cortes transversais, com 4 mm de espessura de cada peça foram coletados em lâminas silanizadas e submetidos à técnica de imunohistoquímica. O folículo dental e o ligamento periodontal, mostraram variações nas intensidades de marcação, com todos os anticorpos, entre as diferentes regiões e entre os grupos analisados. Aparentemente, no entanto, os tecidos periodontais dos incisivos, após 8 dias de hipofunção, mostraram imunoreatividade mais forte, particularmente com o CSF-1, quando comparados com os incisivos, em condições funcionais normal e alterada. Os resultados parecem sugerir, que a ¿cascata¿ formada por essas moléculas, pode estar relacionada com a ampliação da via eruptiva do incisivo, que cresce por um período prolongado da vida do animal / Abstract: The aim of this study, was to analized, using immunohistochemical technique, the distribution of EGF, EGFr, TGF-b1, IL-1a e CSF-1, in periodontal tissues of three regions of rat lower incisors, in normal and altered functional conditions. Fifty animals, had their left lower incisors, cut at the level of the interdental papilla. Becoming out occlusion, they are considered hipofunctional teeth. The contralateral incisors, attrited with both upper incisors are considered hiperfunctional teeth. Twenty-five of these animals were killed 8 hours after. In the order twenty-five animals, the shortening was repeated every second day, and killed 8 days after. Ten animals were kept in normal functional conditions. The hemimandibules of all animals were fixed in Karnovsky (with 0,1% of glutaraldehyde), demineralized with EDTA, subdivided in five transversal regions and embedded in paraplast. Cross sections, 4 mm-thick were collected in glass slides coated with silane. The antibodies were developed with DAB plus H2O2. The dental follicle and the periodontal ligament showed variation in the staining intensities, for all antibodies used, among the different regions and groups analyzed. Apparently, however, the periodontal tissues of the incisors, after eight days of hipofunction, showed stronger immunoreactivity, particularly with CSF-1, as compared with incisors under normal and hiperfunctional conditions. The results suggest that this molecular ¿cascade¿, may be related with the enlargement of the rodent incisor eruptive pathway, since these teeth grow for a long period of animal¿s life / Doutorado / Histologia e Embriologia / Doutor em Biologia Buco-Dental

Afin de mieux comprendre les bases physiopathologiques des tumeurs osseuses des mâchoires, nous avons étudié deux modèles de tumeurs associées à des mutations génétiques connues : la tumeur kératokystique odontogène (TKO), liée à la mutation de PTCH1, et le chérubinisme, lié à la mutation de SH3BP2. Au regard des travaux d’oncogénétique, nous formulons l’hypothèse que le développement des tumeurs ostéolytiques bénignes des mâchoires de l’enfant et leur agressivité repose sur un mécanisme génétique. Nous avons montré que la présence d’une mutation de PTCH1 (germinale avec syndrome de Gorlin) dans les TKO était un facteur de mauvais pronostic, stimulant un centre tumoral secondaire, responsable de lésions à distance, mais que cette agressivité pouvait aussi être liée à des mécanismes inflammatoires. Dans le chérubinisme, nous avons montré que la mutation était responsable du phénotype, mais que le type de mutation n’influençait pas le pronostic ni l’agressivité. L’agressivité tumorale est liée au phénotype des cellules géantes multinucléées (cellules myéloïdes à différenciation macrophagique ou ostéoclastique). Nous avons montré, que le modèle murin ne pouvait pas s’appliquer à la pathologie humaine, avec notamment un rôle très secondaire du TNF-α. Enfin nous avons démontré le rôle important de NFATc1 dans la physiopathologie du chérubinisme qui nous a permis de proposer, le tacrolimus, comme le premier agent thérapeutique efficace. Nos résultats suggèrent que les mutations induisent la pathologie et que les changements du microenvironnement (liés à la flore buccale ou à l’éruption dentaire) entretiennent la pathologie. / To determine pathophysiological bases of jawbone tumors, we studied two genetic models of jawbone tumors: keratocystic odontogenic tumors (KOT) associated to PTCH1 mutation and cherubism associated to SH3BP2 mutation. From oncogenetic theory, we postulate that genetic background controls the development of benign children jawbone tumors. From our work, we demonstrated that PTCH1 mutation (germline mutation in Gorlin syndrome) was an unfavorable prognosis factor for KOT, leading to distant and independent daughter tumors. Moreover, we showed, that chorionic inflammation was associated with a high recurrence rate. In cherubism, SH3BP2 mutation produced cherubism phenotype, but the type of mutation did not affect the aggressiveness of the disease. Cherubism aggressiveness was determined by the phenotype of giant multinucleated cells (whether osteoclasts or macrophages). Furthermore, we showed that murine model could not be transposed to human pathology; indeed it appeared that TNF- α did not play a critical role in human cherubism. On the other side, we showed that NFATc1 played a crucial role in cherubism pathophysiology; this observation allowed us to propose, the tacrolimus, as an effective treatment for this disease. Our results suggest that genetic background induced tumor development, and that microenvironment changes (due to flora of the oral cavity and to teeth eruptions) are responsible to the maintenance and the progression of the disease.

Afin de mieux comprendre les bases physiopathologiques des tumeurs osseuses des mâchoires, nous avons étudié deux modèles de tumeurs associées à des mutations génétiques connues : la tumeur kératokystique odontogène (TKO), liée à la mutation de PTCH1, et le chérubinisme, lié à la mutation de SH3BP2. Au regard des travaux d’oncogénétique, nous formulons l’hypothèse que le développement des tumeurs ostéolytiques bénignes des mâchoires de l’enfant et leur agressivité repose sur un mécanisme génétique. Nous avons montré que la présence d’une mutation de PTCH1 (germinale avec syndrome de Gorlin) dans les TKO était un facteur de mauvais pronostic, stimulant un centre tumoral secondaire, responsable de lésions à distance, mais que cette agressivité pouvait aussi être liée à des mécanismes inflammatoires. Dans le chérubinisme, nous avons montré que la mutation était responsable du phénotype, mais que le type de mutation n’influençait pas le pronostic ni l’agressivité. L’agressivité tumorale est liée au phénotype des cellules géantes multinucléées (cellules myéloïdes à différenciation macrophagique ou ostéoclastique). Nous avons montré, que le modèle murin ne pouvait pas s’appliquer à la pathologie humaine, avec notamment un rôle très secondaire du TNF-α. Enfin nous avons démontré le rôle important de NFATc1 dans la physiopathologie du chérubinisme qui nous a permis de proposer, le tacrolimus, comme le premier agent thérapeutique efficace. Nos résultats suggèrent que les mutations induisent la pathologie et que les changements du microenvironnement (liés à la flore buccale ou à l’éruption dentaire) entretiennent la pathologie. / To determine pathophysiological bases of jawbone tumors, we studied two genetic models of jawbone tumors: keratocystic odontogenic tumors (KOT) associated to PTCH1 mutation and cherubism associated to SH3BP2 mutation. From oncogenetic theory, we postulate that genetic background controls the development of benign children jawbone tumors. From our work, we demonstrated that PTCH1 mutation (germline mutation in Gorlin syndrome) was an unfavorable prognosis factor for KOT, leading to distant and independent daughter tumors. Moreover, we showed, that chorionic inflammation was associated with a high recurrence rate. In cherubism, SH3BP2 mutation produced cherubism phenotype, but the type of mutation did not affect the aggressiveness of the disease. Cherubism aggressiveness was determined by the phenotype of giant multinucleated cells (whether osteoclasts or macrophages). Furthermore, we showed that murine model could not be transposed to human pathology; indeed it appeared that TNF- α did not play a critical role in human cherubism. On the other side, we showed that NFATc1 played a crucial role in cherubism pathophysiology; this observation allowed us to propose, the tacrolimus, as an effective treatment for this disease. Our results suggest that genetic background induced tumor development, and that microenvironment changes (due to flora of the oral cavity and to teeth eruptions) are responsible to the maintenance and the progression of the disease.

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo verificar se existe relação entre o uso de terapia anti-retroviral por crianças portadoras do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV) contaminadas pela via vertical e a ocorrência de alterações de desenvolvimento da dentição permanente detectáveis radiograficamente. Foram avaliadas 76 crianças com idades entre 4 anos e um mês e 12 anos e 11 meses que foram distribuídas em 2 grupos: (1) 46 crianças portadoras do HIV em uso de terapia anti-retroviral; (2) 30 crianças sem a infecção. As crianças foram submetidas a radiografias panorâmicas para a avaliação dos estágios de calcificação dentária e através de exame clínico foi avaliada a freqüência de erupção dos dentes permanentes em ambos os grupos. Os resultados obtidos não mostraram diferença estatisticamente significativa nos estágios de calcificação (p=0,051) e na freqüência de erupção dos dentes permanentes (p=0,18), indicando que o uso de anti-retrovirais não interfere no desenvolvimento dentário de crianças portadoras do HIV adquirido pela via vertical / This survey was conducted to verify the correlation between the use of antiretroviral therapy and developmental disturbances in the permanent dentition of children vertically infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Seventy-six children aged from 4 years to 1 month and 12 years and 11 month were divided in two groups: 1) 46 children HIV-infected and under antiretroviral therapy; 2) 30 uninfected children. A panoramic radiograph for dental development evaluation was obtained from each child, in order to evaluate the dental calcification stages and the frequency of permanent teeth eruption in both groups. The results did not show any significant statistical difference on dental calcification stages (p=0,051) as well as the permanent teeth results of the frequency eruption (p=0,18) between the HIV-infected and the uninfected children, showing that the antiretroviral therapy does not interfere in the dental development of children infected by HIV acquired by vertical transmission

Afin de mieux comprendre les bases physiopathologiques des tumeurs osseuses des mâchoires, nous avons étudié deux modèles de tumeurs associées à des mutations génétiques connues : la tumeur kératokystique odontogène (TKO), liée à la mutation de PTCH1, et le chérubinisme, lié à la mutation de SH3BP2. Au regard des travaux d’oncogénétique, nous formulons l’hypothèse que le développement des tumeurs ostéolytiques bénignes des mâchoires de l’enfant et leur agressivité repose sur un mécanisme génétique. Nous avons montré que la présence d’une mutation de PTCH1 (germinale avec syndrome de Gorlin) dans les TKO était un facteur de mauvais pronostic, stimulant un centre tumoral secondaire, responsable de lésions à distance, mais que cette agressivité pouvait aussi être liée à des mécanismes inflammatoires. Dans le chérubinisme, nous avons montré que la mutation était responsable du phénotype, mais que le type de mutation n’influençait pas le pronostic ni l’agressivité. L’agressivité tumorale est liée au phénotype des cellules géantes multinucléées (cellules myéloïdes à différenciation macrophagique ou ostéoclastique). Nous avons montré, que le modèle murin ne pouvait pas s’appliquer à la pathologie humaine, avec notamment un rôle très secondaire du TNF-α. Enfin nous avons démontré le rôle important de NFATc1 dans la physiopathologie du chérubinisme qui nous a permis de proposer, le tacrolimus, comme le premier agent thérapeutique efficace. Nos résultats suggèrent que les mutations induisent la pathologie et que les changements du microenvironnement (liés à la flore buccale ou à l’éruption dentaire) entretiennent la pathologie. / To determine pathophysiological bases of jawbone tumors, we studied two genetic models of jawbone tumors: keratocystic odontogenic tumors (KOT) associated to PTCH1 mutation and cherubism associated to SH3BP2 mutation. From oncogenetic theory, we postulate that genetic background controls the development of benign children jawbone tumors. From our work, we demonstrated that PTCH1 mutation (germline mutation in Gorlin syndrome) was an unfavorable prognosis factor for KOT, leading to distant and independent daughter tumors. Moreover, we showed, that chorionic inflammation was associated with a high recurrence rate. In cherubism, SH3BP2 mutation produced cherubism phenotype, but the type of mutation did not affect the aggressiveness of the disease. Cherubism aggressiveness was determined by the phenotype of giant multinucleated cells (whether osteoclasts or macrophages). Furthermore, we showed that murine model could not be transposed to human pathology; indeed it appeared that TNF- α did not play a critical role in human cherubism. On the other side, we showed that NFATc1 played a crucial role in cherubism pathophysiology; this observation allowed us to propose, the tacrolimus, as an effective treatment for this disease. Our results suggest that genetic background induced tumor development, and that microenvironment changes (due to flora of the oral cavity and to teeth eruptions) are responsible to the maintenance and the progression of the disease.