Table 1 Literature search selection criteria
Selection criteria | 1 | In vivo experimental studies including ovariectomized (OVX) and control rats |
2 | Used the mandible as the observation site | |
3 | Reported outcomes of at least 1 bone morphometric parameter with micro-CT (expressed as trabecular bone volume fraction [BV/TV], trabecular thickness [Tb.Th], trabecular number [Tb.N], and trabecular separation [Tb.Sp]), or bone mineral density (BMD). | |
Exclusion criteria | 1 | Drug-induced or elderly osteoporosis model |
2 | Use of medication or treatment as the intervention for the OVX rats (exception: partial data of non-intervened subjects from related intervened and non-intervened data) | |
3 | Reports of non-experimental studies (reviews, letters and expert opinion publications) | |
4 | Publications without full text |