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University of Hartford

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

JoVE Core

Force System with Vertical V-Bends: A 3D In Vitro Assessment of Elastic and Rigid Rectangular Archwires

Madhur Upadhyay¹, Raja Shah², Sachin Agarwal³, Meenakshi Vishwanath⁴, Po-Jung Chen⁵, Takafumi Asaki⁶, Donald Peterson⁷

¹Division of Orthodontics, University of Connecticut Health, ²Private Practice, ³Department of Orthodontics, University of Melbourne, ⁴Department of Orthodontics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, ⁵Department of Craniofacial Sciences, University of Connecticut Health, ⁶Biomedical Engineering, University of Hartford, ⁷Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University

The method presented here is designed to construct and validate an in vitro 3D model capable of measuring the force system generated by different archwires with V-bends placed between two brackets. Additional objectives are to compare this force system with different types of archwires and to previous models.

Genetics

The Use of Mouse Splenocytes to Assess Pathogen-associated Molecular Pattern Influence on Clock Gene Expression

Adam C. Silver¹

¹Department of Biology, University of Hartford

This protocol describes a technique using mouse splenocytes to discover pathogen-associated molecular patterns that alter molecular clock gene expression.