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

• Main Authors: Guilherme José Pimentel Lopes de OLIVEIRA (Author), Luiz Guilherme Freitas de PAULA (Author), João Antônio Chaves de SOUZA (Author), Rubens SPIN-NETO (Author), Andreas STAVROPOULOS (Author), Rosemary Adriana Chiérici MARCANTONIO (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...