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P l a s m a e f f e c t o n a b u t m e n t s Fig. 3 Ground section illustrating the results of healing after two months at a test site. 16× magnification. Alizarin red and Stevenel’s blue stain. Fig. 4 Ground section illustrating the results of healing after two months at a control site. 16× magnification. Alizarin red and Stevenel’s blue stain. Fig. 3 Fig. 4 tablet/20 kg daily; Ourofino Saúde Animal, Cravinhos, Brazil) and an analgesic for three days (Tramal 50 mg, 4 mg/kg, subcutaneous; every 8 h; União Química Farmacêutica Nacional, Pouso Alegre, Brazil). The animals were kept in kennels at the uni- versity’s field laboratory with free access to water and feed of moistened balanced dogfood. Daily inspection of the wounds for clinical signs of complications and cleaning of the healing abutments were performed. The animals were euthanized one month after the last surgery by applying an overdose of thiopental (Cristália, Campinas, Brazil) and 25 meq of potassium chlo- ride IV. A b u t m e n t p r e p a r a t i o n The control group abutments, after being milled and polished, were cleaned by steam for 30 s Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation Volume 3 | Issue 2/2017 11