title: Examination of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields on orthodontic tooth movement in rats.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether 50 Hz extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) affect the amount of orthodontic tooth movement in rats. The experiments were performed on 18 male Sprague-Dawley rats. The rats were randomly divided into three groups (n= 6): cage-control (Cg-Cnt) group (n= 6); sinusoidal electromagnetic field (SEMF) group (n= 6); and pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) group (n= 6). In SEMF and PEMF groups, rats were subjected to 1.5 mT EMF exposure eight hours per day for eight days. In order to obtain tooth movement, holes were drilled on the right and left maxillary central incisors of the rats at a distance 1.5-2 mm away from the gingiva and 20 g of orthodontic forces were applied to the teeth. Generated linear model for repeated measures and Bonferroni tests were used to evaluate the differences between the groups. Interactions among groups by days were found by using Pillai's trace multivariate test. The results showed that significant differences were present among the groups (F= 5.035;p= 0.03) according to the extent of tooth movement. Significant differences between the amount of tooth movements were determined especially after the fifth day and the following days six, seven and eight (p< 0.001). Within the limitations, according to the results of the present study, the application of ELF-EMF accelerated the orthodontic tooth movement in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Dicle , Diyarbakir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dogru
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, University of Dicle , Diyarbakir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Veysi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Akpolat
authors.affiliation: Department of Peridontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Dicle , Diyarbakir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Arzum Guler
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dogru
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Yeditepe , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Beyza
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karadede
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Dicle , Diyarbakir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Atilim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akkurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Dicle , Diyarbakir , Turkey.
authors.forename: M Irfan
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Karadede
keywords: electromagnetic field; rat; tooth movement