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ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2017

The Effect of Strontium Ranelate Gel on Bone Formation in Calvarial Critical Size Defects.

Hani El Nahass, Nada Nour El Din, Sherine Adel Nasry

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Article in Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hani El NahassOral Medicine and Periodontology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Nada Nour El DinDepartment of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Sherine Adel NasryOrodental Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe current study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of locally applied Strontium ranelate to induce bone formation. MATERIALS AND

methodsForty-eight female rats were divided into six groups (eight rats in each group): The three test groups included Strontium (SR) 2.5 mg, 5 mg and 10 mg that was dissolved in methylcellulose gel. The control groups included methylcellulose, simvastatin 5 mg and a negative control where the defect was left to heal without any intervention. At 44 days the groups were sacrificed, and the bone defects were assessed histomorphometically to assess bone formation. The data was statistically analysed.

resultsThere was a statistically significant difference in the amount of new bone formation between all groups, where the 2.5 mg SR group showed the highest median bone percentage, is 41.95 %, followed by the 5, and 10 mg SR demonstrating a median bone are a percentage of 39.89%, and 30.19% respectively. Simvastatin showed a median bone percentage of 36.07 %, while the methylcellulose and the negative control groups demonstrated the lowest median area percentage of 23.12 and 20.70 % respectively.

conclusionsThe study showed that the local application of an SR could up-regulate the bone formation and may prove to be a cost-effective method of bone regeneration.

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Animal experimentBone formationCritical defectStrontium ranelate

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PMID29362634
PMCPMC5771310
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