The effects of systemic stress on orthodontic tooth movement

Affiliations

Gameiro Gustavo Hauber: *Division of Orthodontics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medicine School, University of São Paulo – USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Nouer Darcy Flávio: *Division of Orthodontics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medicine School, University of São Paulo – USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Pereira-Neto João Sarmento: *Division of Orthodontics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medicine School, University of São Paulo – USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Urtado Marília Bertoldo: †Oral Physiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medicine School, University of São Paulo – USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Novaes Pedro Duarte: +Histology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medicine School, University of São Paulo – USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
de Castro Margaret: ±Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Piracicaba and the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medicine School, University of São Paulo – USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Arruda Veiga Maria Cecília Ferraz: †Oral Physiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medicine School, University of São Paulo – USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Abstract

To determine if systemic stress affects the biological reactions occurring during orthodontic tooth movement.