Fig. 1
From: Extracorporeal shockwave treatment impedes tooth movement in rats
Extracorporeal shockwave treatment and tooth movement. a tooth movement in a rat model. b Shockwave application on a rat’s maxilla. c, d Radiographs of rat maxillae showing movement of right first molars at 28 days. c A 0.5-mm space (black arrow) detected between first and second upper right molars in a control rat. d A 0.08-mm space (black arrow) detected in the corresponding area in a shockwave-treated rat. e, f Three-dimensional constructed images of rats’ maxillae showing slower tooth movement in a shockwave-treated rat (white arrow, e) compared to the non-shockwave control (white arrow, f). g Distance of tooth movement at different studied timepoints. (ESWT: shockwave therapy, *: P < 0.05)