Tooth movement, orofacial pain, and leptin, interleukin-1β, and tumor necrosis factor–α levels in obese adolescents

Abstract

Obese adolescents had a greater subjective report of orofacial pain after 24 hours of orthodontic treatment and higher concentrations of IL-1β proinflammatory cytokine before and during tooth movement as compared with nonobese control adolescents.