Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 2 Measurement of bone formation area

From: Combined effect of bisphosphonate and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 on bone healing of rat calvarial defects

Time	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	P value
2 week	0.031 ± 0.006	0.052 ± 0.004	0.059 ± 0.008	0.037 ± 0.006	0.002^*
4 week	0.056 ± 0.004	0.069 ± 0.01	0.085 ± 0.006	0.063 ± 0.008	0.004^*
8 week	0.096 ± 0.010	0.104 ± 0.013	0.117 ± 0.01	0.092 ± 0.009	0.072

(Unit ; mm², *p < 0.05)

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