Journal:
:iranian red crescent medical journal
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ferhat ayranci department of oral maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, ordu university, ordu, turkey; department of oral maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, ordu university, 52200, ordu, turkey. tel: +90-4522125005, fax: +90-4522121289
metin gungormus department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, gaziantep university, gaziantep, turkey
mehmet melih omezli department of oral maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, ordu university, ordu, turkey
betul gundogdu department of pathology, faculty of medicine, ataturk university, erzurum, turkey
conclusions alendronate may be considered a therapeutic option for improving the bone formation process and reducing resorption in different bone grafting procedures. further detailed studies should focus on dosage and time-dependent effects of alendronate on bone remodeling. results at 6 weeks, the bone area was significantly larger in the xenograft-alendronate group (33.0% ± 5.0%) than in the...