Effect of sodium fluoride administration on alveolar bone healing after first molar extraction
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2017Author
Reati, Carolina
Romanazzi Chumbita, Lucas
Interlandi, Victoria
Fontanetti, Pablo Alejandro
Centeno, Viviana Andrea
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Fluoride (Fˉ) is used in the prevention of dental caries because of its remineralizing and antibacterial action. In human therapy, Fˉ is more frequently administered as sodium fluoride (NaF) or sodium monofluorphosphate (MFP). In a previous work, we showed that treatment with MFP decreased bone volume in the alveolar bone post first molar extraction