title: [The impact of Yishenqinghuo recipe on alveolar bone reconstruction of rats with experimental periodontitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the impact of Yishenqinghuo recipe on alveolar bone reconstruction of rats with experimental periodontitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  12-months old Spague-Dawley rats were selected for the study. All rats were randomly divided into 4 groups. Group A: control group (with no periodontitis model, fed with the same dosage of saline as Group D); Group B: model group (with periodontitis model, fed with the same dosage of saline as Group D); Group C: high-dosage group (with periodontitis model, fed with doubling dosage of medicine as Group D); Group D: equivalent-dosage group (with periodontitis model, fed with clinical equivalent effective dosage of medicine). After being gavaged with medicine/saline for 3 months, the alveolar bone were collected to make undecalcified histological slices and evaluate the changes of alveolar bone histomorphometric parameters. All the results were analyzed by ANOVA, with the use of SAS 6.04 software package.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with group B, the formation of osteoid were increased and had less free ending trabecular in group C and D. The percent age of trabecular area (%Tb.Ar) and node-terminus ratio (NTR) of alveolar bone for this 4 groups were 75.24+/-3.82/1.49+/-0.12, 45.78+/-6.70/0.48+/-0.08, 73.33+/-4.20/1.33+/-0.06 and 67.69+/-2.83/1.26+/-0.10,respectively. This two parameters of group B were much lower than that in other three groups (P<0.01). At the same time, the NTR in group D was significantly lower than that in group A (P<0.01). The osteoid area (Os.Ar) of different groups were (88.44+/-7.52) microm(2), (145.37+/-13.91) microm(2), (211.10+/-22.96) microm(2) and (201.22+/-24.75) microm(2) (transformation variables), respectively. The Os.Ar of group A was lowest, and that in group B was lower than group C and D, there were significant differences(P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  From this study, we conclude that Yishenqinghuo recipe is in favor of enhancing alveolar bone quantity, improving bone structure and reconstructing bone loss of rats with experimental periodontitis. Supported by National Key Technologies R&D Program (Grant No.2004BA726) and Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No.03ZR14081).
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, College of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. shurong123@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Li-jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yun-tao
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yun-feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss; D000818:Animals; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010518:Periodontitis; D051381:Rats