Effects of avocado/soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) on the treatment of ligature-induced periodontitis in rats

Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the avocado/soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) on the treatment of induced periodontitis in rats. Periodontitis was induced in 84 rats via ligature placement around the second upper molar, which was removed after 7 days, and scaling and root...

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Main Authors: Guilherme José Pimentel Lopes de OLIVEIRA, Luiz Guilherme Freitas de PAULA, João Antônio Chaves de SOUZA, Rubens SPIN-NETO, Andreas STAVROPOULOS, Rosemary Adriana Chiérici MARCANTONIO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2017-04-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242017000100228&lng=en&tlng=en