The Role of Cytokines in Orthodontic Tooth Movement
2012
One of the most important breakthroughs in the understanding of bone biology
was the identification of the role of cytokines in bone remodelling including
the alveolar bone exposed to the effect of mechanical forces during
orthodontic treatment. Since bone remodelling is associated, in its early
phase, with inflammation of the surrounding tissue, the hypothesis has been
suggested on the role of proinflammatory cytokines in the process of bone
remodelling, primarily IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF- α. These cytokines function as
response mediators in the acute phase of inflammation, as well as in the
processes of metabolism, and stimulation of resorption and inhibition of bone
formation. Mostly uninvestigated, the dynamics of concurrent changes of these
three cytokines during the early phase of orthodontic teeth movement in
children and adults was the subject of our investigation presented in this
article on the current knowledge on the role of cytokines in this process.
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