Research Article

Effects of Forced Alcohol Intake Associated with Chronic Stress on the Severity of Periodontitis: An Animal Model Study

Table 1

Mean values (mm) of loss of histological attachment (CEJ-JE) and bone loss (CEJ-BC) for the different groups.

CEJ-JE CJE-BC
(mean ± SD) (mean ± SD)

Stress + alcohol 0.33 ± 0.09a0.61 ± 0.03a
Nonstress + alcohol 0.77 ± 0.27b1.09 ± 0.32b
Positive control 0.25 ± 0.16a0.92 ± 0.20a
Negative control 0.06 ± 0.14c0.21 ± 0.02c

Different letters within the same column indicate statistically significant differences between the groups ( ). CEJ-JE: loss of histological attachment; CEJ-BC: bone loss.