The effect of caffeine on orthodontic tooth movement in rats

Objective(s): to determine the effect of different doses of caffeine on orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) in rats. Materials and Methods: Forty male 250-300 g Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups of ten animals each and received 0 (control), 1 g/l, 2 g/l and 3 g/l caffeine in ta...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Shirazi, Hamed Vaziri, Behzad Salari, Pouria Motahhari, Shahroo Etemad-Moghadam, Ahmad Reza Dehpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2017-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_8353_d3284eb83e5a352fc2bf27a848c8a1f8.pdf