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Table 3 Means (grammes per square centimetre) and standard deviations of the bone mineral density (BMD) of above and below implant areas in tibiae with and without the local application of growth hormone (GH) in healthy (control) and osteoporotic (OVX) rabbits

From: Osseointegration of TI6Al4V dental implants modified by thermal oxidation in osteoporotic rabbits

Animal group

15d

Commercial

Modified

Without GH

With GH

Without GH

With GH

Control

Above

0.356 ± 0.017

0.368 ± 0.036

0.382 ± 0.006

0.351 ± 0.021

Below

0.366 ± 0.008

0.372 ± 0.029

0.374 ± 0.031

0.366 ± 0.015

OVX

Above

0.308 ± 0.024

0.348 ± 0.019

0.357 ± 0.053

0.345 ± 0.027

Below

0.369 ± 0.027

0.343 ± 0.011

0.363 ± 0.032

0.330 ± 0.024