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Foram realizados dois experimentos com o objetivo de determinar a concentração de zinco e manganês na dieta de frangos de corte sobreas características de desempenho, disponibilidade e mineralização óssea, além da comparação de métodos para quantificar o grau de mineralização óssea. Em cada um dos experimentos foram distribuídos 320 pintinhos machos em delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado, com oito tratamentos e cinco repetições de oito aves cada. O diferencial existente entre o experimento um e dois está relacionado com o micromineral avaliado, sendo o zinco e o manganês, respectivamente. No experimento um, uma dieta foi sem inclusão de zincoe os níveis de inclusão de sulfato de zinco foram de 60 e 100mg/kg e de zinco metionina de 20, 40, 60, 80 e 100 mg/kg. No experimento dois, uma dieta foi sem inclusão de manganês e os níveis de inclusão de sulfato de manganês foram de 65 e 105 mg/kg e de manganês metionina de 25, 45, 65, 85 e 105 mg/kg. Em ambos experimentos, para determinar a disponibilidade, comparou-se uma dieta sem adição do micromineral com outras dietas com adição do micromineral, na fonte orgânica e inorgânica. Para determinar a exigência, somente os níveis dos microminerais na fonte orgânica foram comparados entre si. Os microminerais estudados (zinco e manganês) não interferiram no desempenho das aves independente do nível e fonte em que foram utilizados. Aos 38 dias, o zinco (60 e 100 mg/kg) e o manganês (105 mg/kg) orgânico foram excretados em menor quantidade em comparação com os mesmos minerais na fonte inorgânica. Sugerindo assim, uma melhor absorção do micromineral orgânico. Independente da fonte e nível utilizado, os microminerais estudados não interferiram nas características ósseas avaliadas (peso, comprimento e largura da tíbia, peso do tarso- metatarso e peso das falanges). Em ambos estudos, o grau de mineralização óssea aumentou conforme elevou-se a concentração de zinco ou de manganês na dieta, independente da fonte em que estes microminerais foram estudados. O método mais adequado para determinação do teor de zinco e de manganês é através da utilização de tíbias. / Two experiments were conducted with the objective of determining the concentration of zinc and manganese in the diet of poultry, the experiments were done on the performance, availability and bone mineralization, besides the comparison of methods to quantify the degree of bone mineralization. In each experiment 320 male chicks were distributed in a totally randomized and experimental design, with eight treatments and five replicates of eight birds each. The existing differential between experiment one and experiment two is related to the evaluated micro mineral (trace elements), beingzinc and manganese respectively. In experiment one, one diet did not include zinc and the other diets included levels of zinc sulfate of 60 and 100 mg/kg, and of zinc methionineof 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 mg/kg. In experiment two, one diet did not include manganese and the other diets included levels of manganese sulfate of 65 and 105 mg/kg, and of manganese methionine of 25, 45, 64, 85 and 105 mg/kg. In both experiments, to determine the availability, a diet without the addition of micro mineral was compared to other diets with the addition of the micro mineral in the organic and inorganic sources. To determine the requirement, only the levels of micro mineral in the organic source were compared among themselves. The studied micro mineral did not interfere on the poultry performance regardless thelevel and source in which they were used. At 38 days, the quantities of zinc (60 and 100 mg/kg) and manganese (105 mg/kg) excreted from an organic source were lower in comparison to the same minerals in an inorganic source. Thus suggesting a better absorption of the organic micro mineral. Regardless the used source and level, the studied micro minerals (zinc and manganese) did not interfere in the evaluated bone characteristics (weight, length and width of the tibia, the weight of the tarsus - metatarsus and the weight of the phalanges). In both studies the degree of bone mineralization increased in accordance with the increased concentration of zinc and manganese in the diet, regardless the source in which those micro mineralswere studied. The most appropriate method for determining the zinc and the manganese content is through the use of tibia.

O Laser de Alta potência, também denominado, Laser Cirúrgico, tem sido usado em procedimentos médicos, para coagulação e vaporização dos tecidos. O maior problema, hoje encontrado, pela medicina no uso deste Laser, especialmente o laser de CO2, é a destruição térmica, causada pelo acúmulo de energia, convertida em calor, nos tecidos adjacentes, por ele irradiado. Uma vez absorvida esta energia, o tecido acumulará mudanças, que ocorrerão, durante o processo de irradiação e resfriamento. Estas variações poderão ir desde: uma mudança física, química e alterando completamente, os mecanismos biológicos, antes efetuados, pelo tecido irradiado. Este estudo tem como objetivo, analisar tais mudanças, verificando as diferenças morfológicas e geométricas, bem como utilizar experimentação para reconhecer, as zonas limitantes, ao processo de ablação. Para isto, quatro partes iguais de uma mandíbula bovina, foram usadas. Sendo que, cada uma destas, recebeu uma potência, diferente de laser. A cada amostra, foi aplicada a potência escolhida, em cinco diferentes tempos, mantendo uma distância aproximada de 250mm, entre uma aplicação e outra, com uma distância focal de 6mm. Em primeiro, observou-se característica macroscópica da região de interação, utilizando-se de um modelo zonal, para análise. Através de uma análise, mais aprofundada, com o uso de microscopia eletrônica, pode-se notar as variações imprevistas, ocorridas pelo processo de acúmulo e condução térmicos, advindos da ablação. A região de interação foi delineada em zonas de variações, denominadas as mesmas, como: Z I, Z2, e Z3. Sendo que a Z1, é o diâmetro formado pelo ponto de penetração da luz no tecido, ora irradiado.(Cratera). Z2 é o diâmetro envolvendo, a primeira camada de alteração do tecido irradiado, circundante a cratera. Z3, determina todo o diâmetro das alterações, por nós verificadas nas microfotografias. A partir deste ponto, usamos as amostras irradiadas, para calcular a quantidade de material removido, pela ablação. Através de um corte histológico, parafinado, analisamos todas profundidades, dos orifícios de entrada, formadas pela interação, por nós estudadas. Para cada lâmina, foi feita uma medida, da profundidade, formada pela entrada do raio, e pela material removido pela ablação. Tendo-se as medidas dos orifícios das crateras, as profundidades das mesmas, calculamos, aproximadamente, o material removido pela ablação. Considerando para isto, que os orifícios de penetrações, sendo, todos eles, de formatos de circunferências e as profundidades, em formatos Gaussianos. Obtendo, portanto, um formato conforme, para cada cratera. . Obtivemos, a partir do calculo matemático, o volume de massa de material retirado por ablação / The high power lasers are being widely used in surgical procedures, where there are vaporization and coagulation of the soft tissues. For hard tissues, such as, bones and teeth, pulsed lasers are stranded out because they may cause less thermal damage, as an example, the CO2 laser. Termal effects on tissue are recognized as being an accumulation of changes that occur during the entire period of irradiation and ensuing cooling (Mc KENZIE 1990). Located heating is affected by termal conductivity and convection by blood flow. Upon heating tissue experiences an alteration in a variety of physical, chemical and biological mechanism at the scale of chemical, organelle cell and tissue. Changes in tissue geometry and local microcirculation, could be affected. The purpose of these studies was to verify the physical and chemical variation and also reactions during the process of light exposure in the bone parts, especially the laser beam ablation patters. The generation of craters and other abnormal superficial termal damage, and craters that\'s show irregular wall contours. The relation and interaction between medicai CO2 laser beam and animal, human, and other biological tissues. For this experiment, a cattle\' s jaw, of four years old, were chosen for these experimental. Procedure to be described in this paper Those jaws were cut in four different pieces, in an effort, those parts were kept in the same shape and size, so no different variation of depth or length, would make it improper for the studies about to be made. Numbers were put in each different piece, showing in each sample, the time and the potency that were applied in that part. All samples were under favorable conditions (with long pulses and without water spray). Since classical pathology techniques for characterizing thermal damage to tissue are based on the microscopic examination of prepared tissue specimens for evidence of coagulation necrosis (nuclear psychoses, disintegration of organelles, hyalinization of collagen, loss of birefringence in muscle tissue, carbonization, etc.) Once the experimental appliance were done, a different colored circle were clear and optical visible around each bole, In a suggestion of that changes have happened in the material, used indeed. For almost, all the averages of the holes, in the electronic microscope, could be seeing the presence of minimal layer of superficial carbonization in the remaining bone. Therefore, the bone that received irradiation caused by CO2 laser, in a agreement with the proposal methodology, showed a variation of the tissue, that changed as the exposure changed the TIME/POWER. For each different pulse, the samples were analyzed. The tissues response to extreme temperature change in this zone usually consists of immediate coagulation necrosis, coagulation of vessels and macroscopic destruction of the tissue. An intermediary volume Between the necrosis core and the reversibly affected region is referred to as the Marginal Zone\". Therefore in this task, we called each analyzed zone as Z1 for the crater\'s diameter and Z2 for following areas, and finally, Z3 for the total diameter of the affected tissue. . All the measured zones, contains the shift from perfusion increases to coagulation, and the transition from structurally intact cells to dead cells. The most interest, issue that this study, may bring up, is for the clinical for the future\'s procedures because it contains the boundaries between the reversible and the irreversible tissue changes. Very few studies describe the presence and the address the consequences of the ablative aberrations, which can frequently and randomly happen during laser surgery. The knowledge of the different boundaries, of the affected areas, could predict severe impacts on the quality of the final surgical outcome, specially, when precision surgery techniques are required. The results of this discussed experiment shows how important it is to constantly and carefully observe, both the irradiated tissue\'s structure and the beam\'s broadening at the surface during the ablation.

O tecido ósseo é o maior sítio de acúmulo de flúor (F) do nosso organismo. Parte do F ingerido pode transitar através de um mecanismo de estado estacionário entre cristais da superfície óssea e plasma, ou quando da remodelação óssea, mantendo constantes os níveis plasmáticos algum tempo após a diminuição da ingestão de F. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o período de tempo para que o F acumulado no osso de ratos, após uma exposição aguda, seja removido. Três grupos experimentais com 10 ratos Wistar (70 dias de idade) receberam, por via gástrica, dose única de 50 mg F/Kg peso corporal (como NaF) e 3 grupos controle, também com 10 animais cada, receberam água deionizada. A eutanásia dos animais ocorreu após 30, 90 ou 180 dias da administração de F. Os ratos foram anestesiados, sangue e fêmures removidos e analisados quanto à concentração de F. Para o fêmur, foi analisado o F solúvel em ácido removido por biópsia da superfície óssea, além do F presente no osso total, após calcinação. As cinzas e o plasma foram analisados para o F com o eletrodo, após difusão facilitada por HMDS. Os dados foram analisados pelo teste de Kruskal-Wallis, seguido pelo teste de Dunn (p<0,05). Os níveis plasmáticos de F do grupo controle foram constantes ao longo do tempo, e similares aos do grupo experimental eutanasiado aos 30 dias. Para os grupos experimentais eutanasiados após 90 e 180 dias, houve uma redução significativa nos níveis plasmáticos de F em relação ao grupo controle. A concentração de F na superfície do fêmur para o grupo experimental foi significativamente maior em relação ao grupo controle no tempo de eutanásia de 30 dias apenas, sendo que para os demais períodos experimentais, apesar de a concentração de F ser maior no grupo experimental quando comparado ao controle, esta diferença não foi estatisticamente significativa. Para ambos os grupos pôde ser observado um aumento nos níveis de F na superfície óssea longo do tempo. Para o osso total, o grupo experimental apresentou concentrações similares de F nos diferentes tempos de morte, e estes níveis foram similares aos encontrados para o grupo controle, no tempo de eutanásia de 180 dias. O grupo controle, nos tempos de morte 30 e 90 dias, apresentou valores significativamente menores quando comparado às demais situações. Os dados sugerem que o F incorporado à superfície óssea de ratos a partir de uma exposição aguda não é irreversivelmente ligado, mas vai sendo perdido ao longo do tempo, parecendo ser completamente perdido entre 90 e 180 dias após a exposição. Já os níveis de F incorporados no osso total 30 dias após uma ingestão aguda subletal não parecem ser perdidos ao longo do tempo. A não ocorrência de aumento ao longo do tempo nos níveis de F no osso total do grupo experimental sugere que existe um limite para a incorporação de F no osso total, provavelmente relacionado ao número de sítios possíveis para ligação irreversível do F. / Bone is the major site for fluoride (F) accumulation in the body. Part of the ingested F can transit between bone surface crystals and plasma, through a steady-state mechanism, which can also occur during bone remodeling. This could maintain constant plasma F levels for some time after the F intake is reduced. The aim of this study was to evaluate the lag time required to remove F accumulated in bone of rats after acute exposure. Three experimental groups, containing ten 70-day-old Wistar rats each, received, by gastrogavage, a single dose of 50 mgF/Kg body weight (as NaF), while 3 control groups received deionized water. The animals were euthanized 30, 90 or 180 days after F administration. The animals were anesthetized, blood and femurs were collected and analyzed for F. F on the femur surface was removed through an acid biopsy and F in whole bone was analyzed after ashing. Ash and plasma F were analyzed with the electrode following HMDS-facilitated diffusion. Data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn\'s tests (p<0.05). Plasma F levels in control group were constant along time and similar to the levels found for the experimental group euthanized after 30 days. For the experimental groups euthanized after 90 and 180 days, a significant reduction in plasma F levels in respect to control was found. F in bone surface for the experimental group was significantly higher than for the control group only 30 days after F administration. For the other experimental times, despite F concentration was higher in the experimental group when compared to control, this difference was not significant. For both groups an increase in bone surface F levels along time was seen. For whole bone, the experimental group had similar F concentrations for all times of euthanasia and these levels were similar to those found for control group 30 days after F administration. Control group, 30 and 90 days after F administration had values significantly lower when compared to the other situations. Data suggest that F incorporated into bone surface of rats after acute exposure does not seem to be irreversibly bound and is lost along time. It seems to be completely lost between 90 and 180 days after F administration. On the other hand, F levels incorporated in whole bone 30 days after acute exposure to F do not seem to be lost along time. The lack of increase in whole bone F levels in the experimental group along time suggests that there is a limit for F uptake in whole bone, probably related to the number sites available to bind F irreversibly.

Orientadores: Marcio de Moraes, Luciana Asprino / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-11T21:11:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Stang_Bento_M.pdf: 1339091 bytes, checksum: e0465aaac7a4efde689e4fdfd75635e9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar retrospectivamente os casos de cisto ósseo traumático (COT) tratados pela Área de Cirurgia Buco-Maxilo-Facial da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, no período de janeiro de 1999 a dezembro de 2006, sendo avaliados 8.383 prontuários, dos quais 11 pacientes apresentaram COT. Não houve prevalência por gênero e os pacientes da cor branca foram envolvidos com maior freqüência (64%). Todos os casos acometeram indivíduos na segunda década de vida, com idade média de 15,2 anos. A mandíbula esteve envolvida em 100% dos casos, acometendo com maior freqüência a região de sínfise mandibular (55%), seguida pela região de corpo (36%) e ramo mandibular (9%). Cinco pacientes relataram história de trauma, ocorrido entre dois a nove anos anteriores ao diagnóstico da lesão. Todos os pacientes foram submetidos à biópsia incisional, associada à exploração cirúrgica da cavidade cística, que já representou a forma de tratamento. O tempo médio de proservação foi de 35,7 meses, o menor e o maior período de acompanhamento foram de 7 e 85 meses respectivamente, período no qual não foi observada recidiva. O tratamento através da cirurgia exploratória, realizado no momento da biópsia, foi efetivo em todos os casos deste estudo. Os resultados deste estudo contribuíram com a caracterização do COT e nos permitiram concluir que: Podemos sugerir que a etiologia do COT deve ter como suspeita o trauma, não havendo relação causal com gênero ou raça; O COT é uma lesão rara, que acomete preferencialmente a mandíbula de pacientes na segunda década de vida; A descoberta do COT ocorre em exames de rotina, sem que a lesão seja a queixa do paciente; O tratamento do COT através da exploração cirúrgica mostrou-se efetivo e seguro / Abstract: The aim of this study was retrospectively evaluate the cases of traumatic bone cyst (TBC) treated by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Area of Piracicaba Dental School - Campinas State University, between January of 1999 to December of 2006, being evaluated 8,383 clinical handbooks, of which 11 patients had presented TBC. There was no prevalence of the gender and Caucasian patients were involved with more frequency (64%). All the cases occurred in patients that were in the second decade of life with a mean age of 15.2 years. Mandible was involved in 100% of the cases, with a prevalence on the symphisis (55%), followed by mandibular body (36%) and mandibular ramus (9%). Five patients reported trauma history, occurred between two to nine previous to the diagnosis of the lesion. All the patients were submitted to an incisional biopsy associate to the surgical exploration of the cystic socket. All patients were submitted to an incisional biopsy that represented the definitive treatment. The average time of preservation was of 35,7 months, the minor and the biggest period of accompaniment had been of 7 and 85 months respectively, period in which was not observed recurrence. The treatment through exploratory surgery, carried through at the moment of the biopsy, was effective in all the cases of this study. The results of this study had contributed with the characterization of the TBC and they had allowed us to conclude that: The etiology of the TBC must have trauma as suspected, with no causal relationship gender or race; The TBC is a rare injury, that have preferential incidence the inferior jaw of patients in the second decade of life; The discovery of TBC occurs in routine examinations, the injury is not the complaint of the patient; The treatment of the COT through the surgical exploration revealed effective and safe / Mestrado / Cirurgia e Traumatologia Buco-Maxilo-Faciais / Mestre em Clínica Odontológica

Introduction. The etiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is largely unknown. AIS was well-documented to be associated with low bone mineral density (BMD) and abnormal bone quality. We hypothesized that bone matrix mineralization is abnormally low in AIS and that the abnormality could lead to the observed osteopenia and abnormal bone quality that might contribute to the etiopathogenesis of AIS. / Objectives. 1. To verify the abnormal bone mass and bone quality in AIS Vs normal matched controls 2. To study the bone matrix mineralization status, micro-architecture and mechanical property in AIS Vs controls 3. To study the cellular and molecular characterization of bone formation and resorption in AIS Vs controls 4. To study the possible association of abnormal bone quality with the curve progression / Methods. 1. The case-control study in Chapter 3 included 257 AIS and 187 age- and gender-matched normal controls. BMD and bone quality were measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) in vivo. 2. Chapter 4 studied iliac crest bone biopsies from 28 AIS and 9 controls. Bone mineral status was measured with DXA, micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; bone micro-architecture and mechanical property were measured with micro-CT, individual trabeculae segmentation analysis and finite element analysis (FEA). 3. Chapter 5 included 46 AIS and 23 controls. The mRNA expression of the bone tissue and primary osteoblastic and osteoclastic activities related to bone mineralization were studied. 4. Chapter 6 included 82 AIS patients. Bone quality was measured with HR-pQCT in vivo at baseline. Comparison was made between the stable and the progressive patients followed for more than 1.5 years after skeletal maturity. / Results. 1. In Chapter 3, both osteopenic and non-osteopenic AIS had lower areal BMD (aBMD) and trabecular and cortical volumetric BMD (vBMD) than their matched normal controls, with the non-osteopenic AIS reaching statistical significance (P<0.05). Osteopenic AIS had larger cortical perimeter and trabecular area than the osteopenic controls after adjustments of confounding factors (P<0.05); non-osteopenic AIS had significantly lower cortical area, thickness and vBMD than the non-osteopenic controls (P<0.05), and marginally significant cortical area and thickness after adjustments. 2. In Chapter 4, AIS had lower bone calcium content (Ca/C ratio) in trabecular bone than controls (P<0.05); moreover, AIS had significantly lower trabeculae rod number and thickness and mechanical property (P<0.05). Osteopenic AIS had significantly lower rod and plate micro-architecture (P<0.05) and 11.3% of decline of FEA mechanical property than non-osteopenic AIS. 3. In Chapter 5, AIS had lower expression of osteogenic markers (ALP and RUNX2) (P=0.009-0.132) and higher expression of extracellular matrix markers (COL1 and BGLAP) (P =0.109-0.132) in bone formation, and higher expression of bone resorption markers (TRAP and CTSK) (P =0.045-0.100). AIS also showed lower osteogenic differentiation potential and calcium nodule formation ability than controls. Within the subgroups, osteopenic AIS showed lower osteoblastic differentiation (P=0.009) and 41.8% decline of calcium formation abilities (P =0.186). The primary osteoblasts from the osteopenic AIS had higher pro-osteoclastogenic potential (P =0.034) and higher osteoclastogenic differentiation potential on osteoclasts. 4. In Chapter 6, progressive AIS had significantly lower aBMD, total vBMD and lower cortical area and thickness after adjustments (P<0.05). The predictive model showed that bone quality model was more predictive than the aBMD model which was more predictive than the basic model on curve progression. / Discussions The present study verified all the AIS had lower BMD and abnormal bone quality. It provided a direct evidence of lower calcium content in AIS which might contribute to the observed lower BMD. Therefore, these abnormalities in AIS could represent a spectrum of severity which is labeled as osteopenic or non-osteopenic with DXA and partly explained by the cellular and molecular studies. The longitudinal study showed AIS with poorer bone quality have significantly higher probability of curve progression. In summary, the present findings supported and confirmed our proposed hypothesis. / 引言：有研究提示AIS低骨量與骨質量異常與病因學有關。我們推測，AIS的骨基質礦化可能異常降低，進而導致低骨量和異常骨質量發生，這可能與AIS病因学有關。 / 目的：1. 驗證AIS的低骨量及骨質量異常 2. 调查AIS骨基質礦化、骨微結構和機械性能狀態 3. 研究AIS關於骨礦化的細胞分子功能 4. 探讨AIS骨質量與側彎進展間的關聯 / 方法：1. 通過雙能吸收儀和高分辨率外周定量CT比较低骨量和非低骨量AIS与其正常對照間骨密度和骨質量的差异 2. 通過雙能吸收儀、顯微CT和掃描電鏡與能量色散光譜儀檢測骨礦物質含量，及顯微CT、骨小梁個體分割和有限元分析法檢測骨微結構和力學性能，比較AIS和正常對照及AIS亞組間的差異。3. 通過檢測與骨礦化相關的mRNA，和原代成骨和破骨細胞培養，比較AIS和正常對照及AIS亞組間的差異。4. 通過高分辨率外周定量CT縱向隨診AIS患者，比較進展組和穩定組間骨質量差異。 / 結果：1. 低骨量和非低骨量AIS均比正常對照組骨密度和骨質量降低。2. AIS骨鈣含量降低，骨微結構和機械性能顯著異常。3. AIS骨形成標記物降低、骨吸收標記物升高，成骨分化潛能降低。低骨量AIS比非低骨量AIS成骨細胞分化能力降低和親破骨分化潛能升高。4. 側彎進展AIS骨密度和骨質量顯著異常。 / 討論：本研究結果支持我們的假設：AIS骨基質礦化異常，導致低骨量和異常骨質量，提示與AIS發病機理相關聯。 / Wang, Zhiwei. / Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 243-261). / Abstracts also in Chinese; appendixes includes Chinese. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on 09, September, 2016). / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only.

O tecido ósseo é o maior sítio de acúmulo de flúor (F) do nosso organismo. Parte do F ingerido pode transitar através de um mecanismo de estado estacionário entre cristais da superfície óssea e plasma, ou quando da remodelação óssea, mantendo constantes os níveis plasmáticos algum tempo após a diminuição da ingestão de F. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o período de tempo para que o F acumulado no osso de ratos, após uma exposição aguda, seja removido. Três grupos experimentais com 10 ratos Wistar (70 dias de idade) receberam, por via gástrica, dose única de 50 mg F/Kg peso corporal (como NaF) e 3 grupos controle, também com 10 animais cada, receberam água deionizada. A eutanásia dos animais ocorreu após 30, 90 ou 180 dias da administração de F. Os ratos foram anestesiados, sangue e fêmures removidos e analisados quanto à concentração de F. Para o fêmur, foi analisado o F solúvel em ácido removido por biópsia da superfície óssea, além do F presente no osso total, após calcinação. As cinzas e o plasma foram analisados para o F com o eletrodo, após difusão facilitada por HMDS. Os dados foram analisados pelo teste de Kruskal-Wallis, seguido pelo teste de Dunn (p<0,05). Os níveis plasmáticos de F do grupo controle foram constantes ao longo do tempo, e similares aos do grupo experimental eutanasiado aos 30 dias. Para os grupos experimentais eutanasiados após 90 e 180 dias, houve uma redução significativa nos níveis plasmáticos de F em relação ao grupo controle. A concentração de F na superfície do fêmur para o grupo experimental foi significativamente maior em relação ao grupo controle no tempo de eutanásia de 30 dias apenas, sendo que para os demais períodos experimentais, apesar de a concentração de F ser maior no grupo experimental quando comparado ao controle, esta diferença não foi estatisticamente significativa. Para ambos os grupos pôde ser observado um aumento nos níveis de F na superfície óssea longo do tempo. Para o osso total, o grupo experimental apresentou concentrações similares de F nos diferentes tempos de morte, e estes níveis foram similares aos encontrados para o grupo controle, no tempo de eutanásia de 180 dias. O grupo controle, nos tempos de morte 30 e 90 dias, apresentou valores significativamente menores quando comparado às demais situações. Os dados sugerem que o F incorporado à superfície óssea de ratos a partir de uma exposição aguda não é irreversivelmente ligado, mas vai sendo perdido ao longo do tempo, parecendo ser completamente perdido entre 90 e 180 dias após a exposição. Já os níveis de F incorporados no osso total 30 dias após uma ingestão aguda subletal não parecem ser perdidos ao longo do tempo. A não ocorrência de aumento ao longo do tempo nos níveis de F no osso total do grupo experimental sugere que existe um limite para a incorporação de F no osso total, provavelmente relacionado ao número de sítios possíveis para ligação irreversível do F. / Bone is the major site for fluoride (F) accumulation in the body. Part of the ingested F can transit between bone surface crystals and plasma, through a steady-state mechanism, which can also occur during bone remodeling. This could maintain constant plasma F levels for some time after the F intake is reduced. The aim of this study was to evaluate the lag time required to remove F accumulated in bone of rats after acute exposure. Three experimental groups, containing ten 70-day-old Wistar rats each, received, by gastrogavage, a single dose of 50 mgF/Kg body weight (as NaF), while 3 control groups received deionized water. The animals were euthanized 30, 90 or 180 days after F administration. The animals were anesthetized, blood and femurs were collected and analyzed for F. F on the femur surface was removed through an acid biopsy and F in whole bone was analyzed after ashing. Ash and plasma F were analyzed with the electrode following HMDS-facilitated diffusion. Data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn\'s tests (p<0.05). Plasma F levels in control group were constant along time and similar to the levels found for the experimental group euthanized after 30 days. For the experimental groups euthanized after 90 and 180 days, a significant reduction in plasma F levels in respect to control was found. F in bone surface for the experimental group was significantly higher than for the control group only 30 days after F administration. For the other experimental times, despite F concentration was higher in the experimental group when compared to control, this difference was not significant. For both groups an increase in bone surface F levels along time was seen. For whole bone, the experimental group had similar F concentrations for all times of euthanasia and these levels were similar to those found for control group 30 days after F administration. Control group, 30 and 90 days after F administration had values significantly lower when compared to the other situations. Data suggest that F incorporated into bone surface of rats after acute exposure does not seem to be irreversibly bound and is lost along time. It seems to be completely lost between 90 and 180 days after F administration. On the other hand, F levels incorporated in whole bone 30 days after acute exposure to F do not seem to be lost along time. The lack of increase in whole bone F levels in the experimental group along time suggests that there is a limit for F uptake in whole bone, probably related to the number sites available to bind F irreversibly.