Effects of orthodontic intrusion on the healing of class III furcation lesions in dogs, and of the presence of TNFα and/or IL-1β on the mechanoresponse of bone cells in vitro

The aim was to assess the effects of orthodontic intrusion on the healing of class III furcation lesions in dogs, and of the presence of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and/or interleukin-1 beta (IL-1ß) on the mechanoresponse of osteocyte and osteoblast-like cells in vitro. In the in vivo study, class III furcation lesions were created in lower pre-molars of seven mongrel dogs. After 75 days, teeth were randomly treated with open flap debridment (OFD) associated or not to guided tissue regeneration (GTR) and bone autograft (BA). After one month, teeth were randomly assigned to orthodontic intrusion using mini-implants anchorage or no movement. Dogs were sacrificed after three months of movement and one month contention. All class III furcations were closed or reduced to class II or I lesions in the intrusion groups while 50% of the class III lesions in non-moved teeth remained unchanged. Clinical attachment level was reduced in the intrusion groups by the end of contention (p<0.01). OFD + I presented smaller soft tissues area and larger bone tissue area than other groups (p<0.05). Orthodontic intrusion with mini-implants anchorage improved healing of class III furcation defects after OFD in dogs. Based on these results we hypothesized that degradation of membrane and/or bone autograft can negatively interfere on repair when associated to orthodontic movement because inflammatory mediators are intensified. It‘s known that cytokines are present during orthodontic movement which are acting on periodontal cells. Therefore we evaluated in vitro the effects of two pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNFα and IL-1ß, on bone cells in presence or absence of mechanical loading.