Effects of the long‐term administration of alendronate on the mechanical properties of the basal bone and on osseointegration

Mário Henrique Arruda Verzola, Fausto Frizzera, Guilherme José Pimentel Lopes de Oliveira, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Ubirajara Pereira Rodrigues Filho, Keico Okino Nonaka, Silvana Regina Perez Orrico

Clinical Oral Implants Research · 2014 · 19 citations · 34 references

Abstract

Previous long-term therapy with alendronate caused an increase in the BMD, maximal force of fracture of the bone without changing the inorganic composition and elastic deformability of this tissue. Furthermore, the ALD therapy enhanced osseointegration.

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