JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, cilt.65, sa.3, ss.508-516, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the effect of alendronate on the resorption of autogenous free bone grafts by biochemical and histopathologic methods. Alendronate is a potent inhibitor of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption with no adverse effect on the mineralization of bone.