Impact of diabetes on gingival wound healing via oxidative stress.

The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms linking high glucose to gingival wound healing. Bilateral wounds were created in the palatal gingiva adjacent to maxillary molars of control rats and rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. After evaluating postsurgical wound closure by digit...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Kido, Koji Mizutani, Kohei Takeda, Risako Mikami, Takanori Matsuura, Kengo Iwasaki, Yuichi Izumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5739411?pdf=render