In rats with unfilled periodontal defects, systemic PTH increased bone volume versus saline at 2 weeks.
In plain wordsIn rats with unfilled periodontal defects, PTH increased bone volume compared with saline at 2 weeks.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseBone volume at two weeks
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Wistar rats with periodontal defects- Comparator
- Saline in unfilled defects
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
In vivo, systemic PTH resulted in significantly greater bone volume in the Unfilled group at 2 weeks (p = .01) and 4 weeks (p < .0001) than in the saline control.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Periodontal defects were created mesially to the maxillary first molars in 40 Wistar rats.
Animals received PTH (1-34) or saline injections every 2 days.