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Effect of calcitonin on bone healing following titanium implant insertion
- Source :
- Journal of oral science. 41(2)
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of calcitonin administration on bone healing, following titanium implant insertion. Thirty adult New Zealand rabbits received one implant in each femur. Fifteen animals were randomized to provide test (calcitonin) and control (saline solution) groups. The animals were sacrificed 7, 14, 21, 28 and 42 days after the surgical procedure. The analyzed parameters were new endosteal/periosteal bone length, new endosteal/periosteal bone area and total cortical length. Considering treatment, histometric measurements showed significant differences (p
- Subjects :
- Calcitonin
Titanium implant
Time Factors
medicine.medical_treatment
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
Dentistry
Bone healing
Bone and Bones
Necrosis
Random Allocation
Osseointegration
medicine
Animals
Femur
General Dentistry
Saline
Titanium
Analysis of Variance
Wound Healing
business.industry
Dental Implantation, Endosseous
Bone area
Bone length
Implant
Rabbits
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13434934
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of oral science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....816e1bc3c24dc6eb44ab6a741bb648de