Skeletal Site-Specific Response of Jawbones and Long Bones to Surgical Interventions in Rats Treated with Zoledronic Acid

Table 4

Histological assessment of fraction of empty lacunae out of viable lacunae.

Empty/viable^†	Short-term	Medium-term	Long-term
Femur
ZA	0.09 ± 0.08	0.08 ± 0.09	0.14 ± 0.07
Control	0.18 ± 0.29	0.04 ± 0.03	0.08 ± 0.06
Mandible
ZA	0.52 ± 0.66^∗	0.22 ± 0.26^∗	0.30 ± 0.57^∗
Control	0.10 ± 0.12	0.04 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.06
Maxilla
ZA	0.28 ± 0.38	0.12 ± 0.07^∗∗∗	0.23 ± 0.26^∗∗∗
Control	0.10 ± 0.11	0.02 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.03

^†Differences were considered significant at , ^∗, ^∗∗∗.