Abstract
The aim of the present project is to evaluate the influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus on ligature-induced alveolar bone loss, bone healing after exodontia and the ex vivo cytokine production in non-diabetic and diabetic rats treated or not with metformin. One hundred twelve Wistar rats (n=14/group) were assigned to one of the following groups: Non-Diabetics without periodontics (ND), No…