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Extraction socket healing in the calcium deficient rat
Author(s) -
Smith Neville
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1975.tb03511.x
Subject(s) - calcium , dental alveolus , dentistry , bone healing , extraction (chemistry) , wound healing , calcium alginate , chemistry , medicine , anatomy , surgery , chromatography
A bstract — The healing of extraction sockets was studied in normal and calcium deficient rats. New bone formation occurred earlier and proceeded more rapidly in the deficient rats, and the newly formed trabeculae were sparse and delicate but with a similar osteoporotic appearance to the alveolar bone.