Pharmacological effect of nandrolone phenylpropionate on the healing of dental extraction wounds: a histological investigation in rats.

Introduction The distinct stages of the wound healing following teeth extraction were established through several clinic[1], radiographic[2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and histological[7, 2, 3, 8, 4, 9, 10] studies. It is recognized, however, that metabolic changes take place during and after surgical procedures, which must be studied in connection with healing processes. The anabolic steroids because of their effect have been experimentally used following fractures[11] as well as for the healing of soft tissues[12] with promising results. LASSILA and STAUFFER[13], did not verify any significant influence of anabolic steroids on the healing of teeth extraction wounds. For this reason, the purpose of this paper is to verify the anabolic steroid effects, following nandrolone phenylpropionate administration, at the different stages of teeth extraction wounds.