Table 2.

Effect of oral gavage of Sm extracts and vehicle (saline + DMSO) on histopathologic score of rat maxillae.

			Stemodia marítima (Sm) mg/kg
	Naive	Vehicle	0.2	1	5
Escores (median values and range)	0 (0–0)	3 (2–3)*	2 (1–2)	2 (2–2)	1 (1–2)**

^*P < 0.05 vs. naïve group (CONTROL);

^**P < 0.05 vs. vehicle group (animals submitted to experimental periodontitis and treated with saline + DMSO) (Kruskal-Wallis followed by Dunn's test).