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SUBMITTER: Kuroshima S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3654759 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuroshima S S Kovacic B L BL Kozloff K M KM McCauley L K LK Yamashita J J
Journal of dental research 20130423 6
Intermittent parathyroid hormone (PTH) administration increases systemic and craniofacial bone mass. However, the effect of PTH therapy on healing of tooth extraction sites is unknown. The aims of this study were to determine the effect of PTH therapy on tooth extraction socket healing and to examine whether PTH intra-oral injection promotes healing. The mandibular first molars were extracted in rats, and subcutaneous PTH was administered intermittently for 7, 14, and 28 days. In a second study, ...[more]