Table 3: Incidence of histopathologic lesions in the mandibles and maxillae.

Lean (n=5) ZF (n=5) ZDF (n=5) Dental caries Crown caries Dental pulpitis with crown caries Apical periodontitis with crown caries Marginal periodontitis Alveolar bone resorption 9/30 (30.0%) 9/30 (30.0%) 3/30 (10.0%) 0/30 0/30 0/30 20/30 (66.7%)†† 20/30 (66.7%)†† 8/30 (26.7%)†† 6/30 (20.0%)†† 5/30 (16.7%)† 6/30 (20.0%)†† 21/30 (70.0%)†† 21/30 (70.0%)†† 18/30 (60.0%)††,** 15/30 (50.0%)††,* 14/30 (46.7%)††,* 15/30 (50.0%)††,* †, ††: significant difference between the Lean and ZF or between the Lean and ZDF (p<0.05, p<0.01).

*, **: significant difference between the ZF and ZDF (p<0.05, p<0.01)