Experimental osteonecrosis: development of a model in rodents administered alendronate

Abstract The main objective of this study was to cause bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws to develop in a rodent model. Adult male Holtzman rats were assigned to one of two experimental groups to receive alendronate (AL; 1 mg/kg/week; n = 6) or saline solution (CTL; n = 6). After 60 da...

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Main Authors: Nicolau CONTE NETO, Luis Carlos SPOLIDORIO, Cleverton Roberto de ANDRADE, Jônatas Caldeira ESTEVES, Elcio MARCANTONIO JR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242016000100285&lng=en&tlng=en