title: Bone tissue microscopic findings related to the use of diode laser (830 nm) in ovine mandible submitted to distraction osteogenesis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the microscopic characteristics of the effect of Gallium-Aluminum Arsenid diode laser (GaAlAs - 830etam) applied during the activation and consolidation period to ovine mandibles submitted to distraction osteogenesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighteen sheep underwent surgery in order to have bone distractors implanted in the left side of the jaw area. They were divided into three groups: 1 - Control; 2 - Laser irradiation during the activation period; 3 - Laser irradiation during the fixation period. The irradiation was carried out in five sessions, on every other day, with 4,0J/cm(2) doses applied to four pre-established areas, totaling 16J per session. After four days of latency under post-operative care, ten days of distractor activation (at 1mm/day) and twenty-one days of fixation the animals were sacrificed and the devices removed for microscopic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The groups that received laser irradiation (GaAlAs) presented a greater amount of mineralized bone trabeculae when compared to the Control Group. Despite that, cartilaginous tissues were also found in Group 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The laser has been more favorable when used in the consolidation period, after bone elongation.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology, Roberto Santos Hospital, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors: Arlei
authors: A
authors: Cerqueira
authors: Roger Lanes
authors: RL
authors: Silveira
authors: Marília Gerhardt de
authors: MG
authors: Oliveira
authors: Manoel
authors: M
authors: Sant'ana Filho
authors: Cláiton
authors: C
authors: Heitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001857:Bone Matrix; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000528:radiation effects; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008334:Mandible / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012756:Sheep; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000528:radiation effects