Leslie Morse

Publications (2)1.79 Total impact

• Article: Radiodensitometric and DXA analyses for the measurement of bone mineral density after systemic alendronate therapy.

  Marília Pacífico Lucisano, Paulo Nelson-Filho, Leslie Morse, Ricardo Battaglino, Plauto Christopher Aranha Watanabe, Raquel Assed Bezerra da Silva, Lea Assed Bezerra da Silva
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  ABSTRACT: Precise techniques for the measurement of maxillary bone mineral density (BMD) are useful for the early diagnosis of systemic diseases. The aim of this study was to compare in vivo the efficacy of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and radiographic densitometry for the measurement of BMD after systemic administration of sodium alendronate. Wistar rats were randomly allocated to a control group (n = 5), which received distilled water, and a sodium alendronate group (n = 8), which received two doses of chemically pure sodium alendronate (1 mg/kg) per week. After 8 weeks, the animals were euthanized, the tibias were removed, and the BMD of the proximal tibial metaphysis was analyzed radiographically and by DXA. The data were subjected to statistical analysis by the Kruskal-Wallis test at a significance level of 5%. Both of the techniques revealed that the alendronate-treated group had a significantly higher BMD (p < 0.05) than the control group after 8 weeks of treatment. Comparing the groups with and without alendronate therapy revealed increases of 14.9% and 29.6% in BMD, as detected radiographically and by DXA, respectively. In conclusion, both of the methods were able to detect an increase in BMD of the proximal tibial metaphysis after alendronate therapy.
  Brazilian oral research 01/2013; 27(3).
• Article: Systemically alendronate was incorporated into dental tissues but did not cause morphological or mechanical changes in rats teeth.

  Paulo Nelson-Filho, Marília Pacífico Lucisano, Raquel Assed Bezerra Da Silva, Roberto Santana Da Silva, Mônica Campos Serra, Raquel Fernanda Gerlach, Francisco Carlos Rehder Neto, Zumira Aparecida Carneiro, Ariane Zamarioli, Leslie Morse, Ricardo Battaglino
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  ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the effect of the systemic use of sodium alendronate in rats in vivo. Forty-five Wistar rats aged 36 to 42 days and weighing 200 to 230 g were randomly assigned to a control group (n = 20), which received distilled water, and an experimental group (n = 25), which received 2 weekly doses of 1 mg/kg of chemically pure sodium alendronate. The animals were killed after 60 days of treatment. The tibias were removed for analysis of bone mineral density by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Then, the maxillary incisors were extracted for analysis of the mineralized dental tissues using fluorescence spectroscopy (FS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), bright field microscopy (BFM), and cross-sectional microhardness (CSMH) testing. DXA and CSMH data were subjected to statistical analysis by Kruskal-Wallis test (5% significance level). The experimental group presented higher bone mineral density than the control group by DXA. FS analysis revealed presence of alendronate in the mineralized dental tissues of the specimens of the experimental group. Significant morphological differences were not found by SEM and BFM. Enamel and dentin (100 and 300 μm from the dentinoenamel junction) CSMH data did not show significant difference between the control and experimental groups. Based on the obtained results, we conclude that while alendronate increased the bone mineral density and was incorporated into the mineralized dental tissues it did not cause significant alterations in the morphology and microhardness of rat incisor enamel and dentin.
  Microscopy Research and Technique 04/2012; 75(9):1265-71. · 1.79 Impact Factor