The effect of orthodontic separator and short-term fixed orthodontic appliance on inflammatory mediators and somatosensory function.
Fernanda A SampaioClaudine R A SampaioCarolina Ortigosa CunhaYuri Martins CostaPhillipe Nogueira Barbosa AlencarLeonardo Rigoldi BonjardimDaniela Gamba Garib CarreiraGustavo Pompermaier GarletEli EliavPaulo César Rodrigues ContiPublished in: Journal of oral rehabilitation (2018)
Elastomeric separators only induced mild pain and were not able to significantly increase proinflammatory cytokines level in the GCF. In addition, orthodontic fixed appliance may induce only minor somatosensory changes at extraoral trigeminal locations.