Figure 2

The alveolar bone from ligated (8 days) rats demonstrated alveolar bone resorption (a). Hypericum treatment suppressed alveolar pathology in the rat alveolar bone (b). A significant increase in the distance between cemento-enamel injunction and alveolar crest at mediolingulal root of the first molar was observed in ligature-treated rats (c). Hypericum treatment significantly reduced the increase in the distance between cemento-enamel injunction and alveolar crest (c). Radiographic figure is representative of at least 3 experiments performed on different experimental days. Data represent the data from 20 counts obtained from the gingivomucosal tissue of each treatment group. *P < 0.01 vs. non-ligated; °P < 0.01 vs. ligated.